Adaptive coding and modulation for satellite broadband networks: From theory to practice

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-111

  Bischl, Hermann ^a   Brandt, Hartmut ^a   De Cola, Tomaso ^a   De Gaudenzi, Riccardo ^b   Eberlein, Ernst ^c   Girault, Nicolas ^d   Alberty, Eric ^d   Lipp, Stefan ^c   Rinaldo, Rita ^b   Rislow, Bjarne ^e   Skard, John Arthur ^e   Tousch, Jacky ^f   Ulbricht, Gerald ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IIS   (Germany)

^d des Cosmonautes   (France)

^e Nera Nera Broadband Satellite AS   (Norway)

^f TurboConcept   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive coding and modulation; Broadband satellite communications; DVB RCS; DVB S2; Fading mitigation; Ka band; Multi beam satellite networks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CODING AND MODULATION; BROADBAND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; DVB-RCS; KA BAND; MULTI-BEAM; SATELLITE NETWORK;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; MODULATION; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77951651420     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: 15420981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.932     Document Type: Article

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