21 Apr
2020
21 Apr
'20
3:03 p.m.
On 4/21/20 2:54 PM, Mel Beckman wrote:
It’s not really oversold bandwidth. It’s just that the turnaround time for a bolus of data is too long for two-way video conferencing to be smooth or reliable. It’s like video conferencing using post cards :)
Are consumer satellite provider networks TDD or FDD? I guess I had assumed the latter, but maybe not? Assuming FDD, I don't see why the downstream needs to necessarily have problems with extremely long user-data-striping periods unless there's some factor I am just totally not considering. The upstream is of course more of a problem. I assume it's TDMA, and the terminals have imperfect clocks. -- Brandon Martin