WorldPhone Liberator – Chapter 1. Introduction
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System description
System description
Inmarsat Mini-M system
Inmarsat Mini-M is a satellite communications system that provides
highly-reliable telephone, data and facsimile communication to and
from mobile subscribers anywhere within the worldwide coverage
area of the Inmarsat 3 Spot Beam system,
Figure 1.2 Overwiew of the Inmarsat Mini-M system.
LES
TELEPHONE
NETWORKS
NCS:
Network Coordinating Station
LES:
Land Earth Station
(w/Net service providers)
MES:
Mobile Earth Station
(WorldPhone terminal)
DATA
NETWORKS
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MES
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