Glossary
DVB and Internet via satellite - Definition and challenges

Absolute Volume Based Dynamic Capacity (AVBDC)

A dynamic capacity allocation mechanism that allocates capacity according to the absolute volume of traffic.

Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM)

A technique that dynamically adjusts the modulation scheme and code rate to optimize data transmission according to channel conditions.

Bandwidth-Time Unit (BTU)

Smallest unit in the structure of the time and frequency slicing hierarchy of the radio resource on the DVB-RCS2 channel.

BaseBand FRAME (BBFRAME)

The BB transmits the processed BB frame to the DVB receiver's terminal block for processing the network packets contained in the BB frame.

Bose, Chaudhuri, and Hocquenghem (BCH)

A family of error-correcting codes used for data transmission.

Constant Rate Assignment (CRA)

A fixed allocation of bandwidth to a user or service.