Binaan_Gunat


 * Name**: Binaan Gunat
 * Department**: School Of Computing And Technology Eastern Mediterranean University
 * __Personal Information__**
 * Activities**: Reading. .and making money. ..
 * Interests**: Politics, Music , Fashion , Philosophy , Books , Sports , Financial dealings , Business and Cars.
 * Favorite Music**: Old school, contemporary rock , niaja music all the way. . .and some R&B. ..
 * Favorite TV Shows**: Hard ball with chris matthews, Count down with Keith Olberman , Ellen , The Doctors , Doctor Phill , Prison Break , Desperate Housewives , Late Edition. . .All the American late night shows. . . MTV Cribs..
 * Favorite Movies**: Kungful Hussle, I Robot, The God Father ,The Jackal, The Assingment
 * Favorite Books**: Prorperty of a lady, Dangerous Kiss, Omen

Contact Information

Email: bigbee247@yahoo.com

Education and Work
**Education** College:
 * Eastern Mediterranean University
 * Computer Studies and Information Technology,

High School: University of Jos Demonstration Secondary School Jos Plateau State Nigeria

__PROJECT INTEREST__

A **Very Small Aperture Terminal** (**VSAT**), is a two-way satellite ground station with a dish antenna that is smaller than 3 meters. Most VSAT antennas range from 75 cm to 1.2 m. Data rates typically range from narrowband up to 4 Mbit/s. VSATs access satellites in geosynchronous orbit to relay data from small remote earth stations (terminals) to other terminals (in mesh configurations) or master earth station "hubs" (in star configurations). VSATs are most commonly used to transmit narrowband data ( point of sale transactions such as credit card, polling or RFID data; or SCADA ), or broadband data (for the provision of Satellite Internet access to remote locations, VoIP or video). VSATs are also used for transportable, on-the-move (utilising phased array antennas) or mobile maritime communications

The first commercial VSATs were C band (6 GHz) receive-only systems by Equatorial Communications using spread spectrum technology. More than 30,000 60 cm antenna systems were sold in the early 1980s. Equatorial later developed a C band (4/6 GHz) 2 way system using 1 m x 0.5 m antennas and sold about 10,000 units in 1984-85. In 1985, Schlumberger Oilfield Research co-developed the world's first Ku band (12-14 GHz ) VSATs with Hughes Aerospace to provide portable network connectivity for oil field drilling and exploration units. Ku Band VSATs make up the vast majority of sites in use today for data or telephony applications. The largest VSAT network (more than 12,000 sites) was deployed by Spacenet and MCI for the US Postal Service. Other large VSAT network users include Walgreens Pharmacy, Dollar General , Wal-Mart , CVS , Riteaid , Yum! Brands (Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and other Quick Service Restaurant chains), Intralot, GTECH and SGI for lottery terminals. VSATs are used by car dealerships affiliated with manufacturers such as Ford and General Motors for transmitting and receiving sales figures and orders, as well as for receiving internal communications, service bulletins, and interactive distance learning courses from manufacturers. The FordStar network, used by Ford and its local dealers, is an example of this. VSAT technology is also used for two-way satellite Internet providers such as HughesNet, StarBand and WildBlue in the United States; and ASTRA2Connect across Europe. These services are used across the world as a means of delivering broadband Internet access to locations which cannot get less expensive broadband connections such as ADSL or cable internet access; usually remote or rural locations. Nearly all VSAT systems are now based on IP, with a very broad spectrum of applications. As of December 2004 the total number of VSATs ordered stood at over 1 million, with nearly 650,000 in service. Annual VSAT service revenues were $3.88 billion