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An overview of the Sirius satellite radio system
Author(s) -
Akturan Riza
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of satellite communications and networking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.388
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1542-0981
pISSN - 1542-0973
DOI - 10.1002/sat.907
Subject(s) - sirius , computer science , telecommunications , sirius red , service (business) , satellite , communications satellite , aeronautics , engineering , aerospace engineering , business , medicine , staining , stars , pathology , marketing , computer vision
This paper presents the system architecture and expected link availability for the Sirius satellite radio system for both the contiguous United States (CONUS) and Canada service regions. Sirius delivers over 100 channels of talk and music to subscribers in CONUS. The service is available to different markets, such as vehicles, homes, portables, marine, and aviation, and is offered on a subscription basis. Descriptions and performance of the Sirius system are detailed herein. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.