The Inmarsat Data Distribution Service (IDDS) was proposed as an integrated system of multipoint transmission facilities to support data transmission to mobile platforms at rates above 128 kbit/s. Inmarsat investigated IDDS as a means of providing its diverse land, maritime and aeronautical mobile markets with a unified broadcast service. SPCI was contracted to design the transmission system and develop field trial equipment used to test the service in maritime and aeronautical environments.
For more information:
High Data Rate Point-to-Multipoint Transmission Over Mobile Satellite Channels: Aeronautical and Maritime Field Trials presented at IMSC’97 Pasadena, California, June 16-18, 1997.
IDDS paper presented at IMSC’97
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