Burst time plane development in the Intelsat system

It is pointed out that the Intelsat time-division multiple access (TDMA) system is scheduled to begin operation in early 1984. The system will employ digital speech interpolation (DSI) techniques for baseband processing. The common TDMA terminal equipment will perform acquisition and synchronization by using the reference burst information, generate traffic bursts, and provide voice and teletype order wires. The objective of TDMA burst scheduling is to provide each ground station with sufficient time slots to accommodate its traffic requirements while maximizing the use of transponder capacity and minimizing each user's ground station equipment requirements. Attention is given to burst-scheduling algorithms, and burst time plan software.