Download or read book Global Broadcast Service written by Frank N. Tempia and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Broadcast System Service (GBS) is a satellite communications system, which upon acquisition and implementation, will provide a high-speed, one-way data communications broadcast capability, that is, high-volume information transmission worldwide directly to in-theater warfighters The issue is to determine whether to lease bandwidth or time on commercial satellites or developing and building military satellites is the most effective and efficient approach to implement such a system as GBS. This paper first will describe briefly the technology employed in satellite direct broadcast systems such as GBS and DirecPC and the communications requirements these systems satisfy. It further presents a moderately detailed technical description of GBS in order to make comparisons and demonstrate similarities with commercial satellite direct broadcast systems. It then discusses the benefits and accompanying risks and challenges associated with the integration of GBS into commercial direct broadcast systems. Finally the paper will assess the potential for the military-commercial integration of GBS with another commercial direct broadcast systems.