TIA Standards Support Interoperability and Compatible Interfaces

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) works with standards bodies worldwide, including ANSI in the United States. TIA standards provide the information and communications industry with information to increase marketability of products, assure safety, and improve performance of radio, telecommunications, and broadband.

TIA is responsible for standards and studies related to satellite communications systems, including both the space and earth segments. The TIA committee assigned to this area focuses on standards for space-borne and terrestrial hardware; interfaces on standards for satellite and terrestrial systems; and the efficient use of spectrum and orbital resources, including sharing between satellite and terrestrial services. Active TIA satellite standards projects range from studies on how best to accomplish inter-service spectrum sharing to developing standards for achieving interoperability between satellite systems as well as among satellite and terrestrial systems, networks and services.

Examples of topics covered by the TIA standards for satellite equipment and systems include:

• Regenerative satellite meshv
• Frame structure
• Channel coding
• Modulation
• Radio link control
• Synchronization
• SLC layer
• Satellite ATM networks
• Geo-mobile radio
• Satellite network modem systems (SNMS)
• IP over satellite (IPOS)
• Earth station antennas for satellite communications

IHS offers the companies involved with satellite equipment and systems the option of online subscriptions for TIA standards or purchase of individual standards. If you don't know which purchase option is best for your business, contact a standards subject matter expert from IHS. You can fill out the form on this page or call +1.703.907.7700.

Popular satellite equipment and systems standards from TIA include:

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About TIA
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the leading trade association representing the global information and communications technology (ICT) industries through standards development, government affairs, business opportunities, market intelligence, certification and world-wide environmental regulatory compliance. With support from its 600 members, TIA enhances the business environment for companies involved in telecommunications, broadband, mobile wireless, information technology, networks, cable, satellite, unified communications, emergency communications and the greening of technology. TIA is accredited by ANSI.

About IHS
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