Annex E13 Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)

Question 0

Max satellite carrier size of the VSAT-S/M

Answer 0

Maximum TDMA carrier size is 5 Msps (Mega Symbols per second)

Question 1

Frequency Band for VSAT

Answer 1

Ku Band

Question 2

Satellite Access Method Utlilized by the VSAT S/M

Answer 2

TDMA

Question 3

Importance of the VSAT-L FDMA capability

Answer 3

Required for STEP access

Question 4

Importance of the Master Reference Terminal (MRT) suite within a VSAT TDMA network architecture

Answer 4

Serves as the network hub for control of the linkway satellite network.

The VSAT uses an MRT suite to control timing of the TDMA network so data collisions do not occur or are, at least, held to a minimum.