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ABSTRACT
Initially adapted to support the broadcasting of content with a satellite system, the DVB standard is constantly evolving to enable new services, to meet the needs of the satellite telecommunications market. In particular, the DVB-S2 and DVB-RCS2 developments make it possible to provide bi-directional services.
This article presents the main characteristics of a satellite system using the DVB standard to provide Internet access and the challenges of optimizing the use of the radio resource associated with the use of this technology.
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Nicolas KUHN: SATCOM Architect - Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse, France
INTRODUCTION
Two-way satellite access networks are of interest to many markets because they provide Internet access in rural areas, where a commercially viable broadband service is difficult to achieve, anytime, anywhere services, including wide-area coverage, and a wide range of broadcast services to millions of users.
Video content broadcasting and distribution services are one of the historical uses still deployed and provided by satellite systems
This article presents the adaptations made to the DVB standard to enable bidirectional services. Following a presentation of satellite Internet access systems, this article explains how the Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite – Second Generation (DVB-S2) and Digital Video Broadcasting – Return Channel Satellite – Second Generation (DVB-RCS2) standards fit into the DVB family of standards. The main issues associated with the use of this standard are then presented.
As this standard is mainly used for Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) satellite systems, this article focuses mainly on this scenario. Due to the recent opening of the standard to cover Non-GeoStationnary Orbit (NGSO) scenarios, a section is dedicated to the impacts on the standard induced by the specificities of this scenario.
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telecommunications | satellites | internet | SATCOM | DVB-S2 | DVB-RCS2
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Standards and norms
- Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) ; Second generation framing structure, channel coding and modulation systems for Broadcasting, Interactive Services, News Gathering and other broadband satellite applications (DVB-S2). - ETSI EN 302 307 V1.2.1 - Août 2009
- Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) ; Second Generation DVB Satellite System (DVB-RCS2) ; Interactive Satellite System Part 2 : Lower Layers for Satellite standard...
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