🔍 Key Concepts

• Inmarsat-FleetBroadband (FBB) is an IP-based satellite service that carries voice as digital data • How voice over IP (VoIP) is typically handled: encoding, compression, and decompression at each end • Difference between what the operator must manually do vs what the equipment does automatically

💭 Think About

• Think about how an Inmarsat-FBB terminal sends a person’s speech over a digital satellite link: what has to happen to an analog voice signal before it can travel as data? • Consider what occurs inside the terminal at the transmitting end and then at the receiving end—what happens to the signal in each direction? • Look at which options describe something the operator must select, and which describe processes that happen automatically in the electronics.

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which steps are necessary for any digital satellite voice service (like VoIP): conversion, possible compression, and processing at the far end • Check which answer choices describe automatic internal signal processing versus operator-controlled features • Eliminate any option that sounds like a specific radio-noise feature (e.g., HF noise controls) that is not characteristic of modern Inmarsat-FBB terminals