In a hybrid satellite-Internet system, a processing tap is inserted between the headend and the modulator. This inserts additional metadata to identify packets within the stream. Legacy satellite ...

The popular music of several decades ago required many instruments, hence the name “big band era.” Today, bandwidth increase is again a sign of the times. The explosion of Internet usage, ...

In part 1 of this series, it was pointed out that attenuation, reflections and system noise have the potential to dramatically reduce link throughput. The first article reviewed issues surrounding ...