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LEO Satellite Constellations: An Opportunity to Improve Terrestrial Communications in the Canadian Arctic

Authors:
Paul Labbé

Keywords: communications; satellite; Arctic; latency

Abstract:
This study examines communications options (data, video and voice) for operations in the Canadian Arctic accounting for adverse conditions, such as atmospheric disturbances (both natural and man-made) or adversarial attacks on satellites and terrestrial infrastructure. Potential users include Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), off-grid communities and Public Safety, including their respective systems requiring machine-to-machine low latency data sharing. The technologies considered include satellites, microwave relays, fiber optic links, radios like cellular phones operating in the 700 Mhz band, transceivers in the high frequency bands (20 30 Mhz), and Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) gateways.

Pages: 19 to 24

Copyright: Copyright (c) The Government of Canada, 2020. Used by permission to IARIA.

Publication date: February 23, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4480

ISBN: 978-1-61208-769-6

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from February 23, 2020 to February 27, 2020