CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
 1 Introduction
 2 Characteristics of VSATs
        2.1 Overview
        2.2 Operational characteristics of VSATs
        2.3 Technical characteristics of VSATs
        2.4 Antenna diameters
        2.5 ITU-R Recommendations concerning technical and operational characteristics for VSATs
 3 Topologies of networks with VSATs
        3.1 Star type topology
        3.2 Mesh type topology
        3.3 Hybrid topology
        3.4 Point-to-point topology
 4 Features of operation of VSATs
        4.1 Initialization of the operation of a VSAT
        4.2 Control and monitoring functions during the operation of a VSAT
        4.3 Other control and monitoring functions
                  4.3.1 Management of the profiles of VSATs (location, satellite beam contour and beam handover)
                  4.3.2 Dynamic power control function during the operation of a VSAT
                  4.3.3 Adaptive coding and modulation function
 5 Conclusion