RACE Catalyst OBP
Alcatel et al
EC
R & D
The suggested OBP satellite would carry a Virtual Path (VP) switch, although switch size is sufficiently small, the heat dissipation of an ATM VP switch is thought to be too large using current technology.
Ku-Band using a Eutelsat Satellite
TDMA/FDM
155/622 Mbps
B-ISDN
Yes
G.703, G.751, SDH