The french tdma terminal.

The paper describes the TDMA terminal manufactured by the French consortium regrouping TEL-SPACE, SAT and CIT-ALCATEL. Details on terminal organization, equipment modularity and operational aspects are first presented. The constituent parts of the terminal (common TDMA terminal equipment, DSI/DNI module, order wire module) are then described. Results of modem performances are also indicated. Finally, a description of the first French earth-station operating with TDMA, Pleumeur-Bodou 6, is given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]