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Pol   eC om
Communicationin Polar Regions
 
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C o n t e n t
Cross-reference 4Acknowledgements 5
Technologies
Iridium 6Inmarsat BGAN 9Inmarsat GAN 10Inmarsat B 12Inmarsat D+ 14Globalstar 16Orbcomm 18Intelsat VSAT 20DVB-RCS 21Argos 22Future satellite constellations 24GPS 25HF Radio 26VHF Radio 28WLAN 30WMAN 31GSM 32Microwave links 34
Comparison
Intercontinental data 35Regional data 37Local voice communication 37
 Solutions
Research station 38Icebreaker 40
 © Copyright 2005 The PoleCom ProjectThe PoleCom team is not responsible for losses, damages or claims caused by errors in this information.Front page photograph by: Jeffrey Kietzmann - National Science FoundationRear page photograph by: Joe Mastroianni - National Science Foundation
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his handbook is made as a guide to communication technologies suitable for useunder the special conditions of expeditions to Polar Regions.It is the main deliverable of the PoleCom project, which was executed during thespring of 2005 by the following students:Daniel HäggströmSean Xiang MaSubramanyam Dileep Kumar KalijavaduXi YangYad AzadZhe WangThe project was a part of the Communication System Design course given 2005 at theRoyal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden.The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat and The Ericsson Response program kindlysponsored the project.For more information, see the project web page athttp://csd.ssvl.kth.se/~csd2005-team10
 
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A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s
Thank you for your support!
Maria Bergqvist, Ericsson ResponseDag Nielsen, Ericsson ResponseMark Phillips, Ericsson ResponseSven Lidström, Swedish Polar Research SecretariatJohan Sidenmark, Swedish Polar Research SecretariatOlavi Trydhed, Satellite ConsultantAnders Björkman, Swedish Space Corporation Stockholm TeleportGeorge Falk, IDG EuropeTom Sjögren, Human Edge TechnologyMalcolm DixeilusBjörn Pehrson, Course Director KTHTerrence Brown, Course Director KTHUlla Skidén, KTHTanyingyong Voravit, Coach KTHEverybody participating in our surveyAnd everyone else who has contributed to our work 
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C r o s s - r e f e r e n c e
Iridium 6Inmarsat BGAN 9Inmarsat GAN 10Inmarsat B 12Inmarsat D+ 14Globalstar 16Orbcomm 18Intelsat VSAT 20DVB-RCS 21Argos 22Future satellite constellations 24GPS 25
Satellite
data
Iridium 6Inmarsat BGAN 9Inmarsat GAN 10Inmarsat B 12Inmarsat D+ 14Globalstar 16Orbcomm 18Intelsat VSAT 20DVB-RCS 21Argos 22Future satellite constellations 24HF Radio 26WLAN 30WMAN 31GSM 32Microwave links 34
Data
Iridium 6Inmarsat BGAN 9Inmarsat GAN 10Inmarsat B 12Globalstar 16HF Radio 26VHF Radio 28GSM 32
Voice
Inmarsat D+ 14Orbcomm 18Argos 22GPS 25
Positioning
Photograph by: Sean Loutitt - National Science Foundation
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