What are the typical VSAT network configurations?
VSAT networks can be arranged in point to point, star, mesh, star/mesh, and broadcast configurations. The preferred arrangement depends on the kind of information flow the network will service.VSAT networks come in various shapes and sizes ranging from star data system users with one site connected to an operator’s shared hub to many thousands based on a dedicated facility located at their own site. Mesh systems have traditionally been somewhat smaller in size than star systems – 5 to 30 sites used to be a good rule of thumb – but the average size of orders has risen as prices have come down and some rural telephony networks now comprise as many as several hundred or even thousands of sites.
