Beam hopping in multi-beam broadband satellite systems: System simulation and performance comparison with non-hopped systems

ASMS/SPSC 2010: 2010 5th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 11th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 248-255

  Anzalchi, J ^a   Couchman, A ^a   Gabellini, P ^b   Gallinaro, G ^b   D'Agristina, L ^b   Alagha, N ^c   Angeletti, P ^c  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b Antenna RF Passive Dpt   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beam hopping; Broadband; Multi beam; Satellite

Indexed keywords

BEAM-HOPPING; BEST MATCH; BROADBAND; BROADBAND SATELLITE SYSTEMS; BROADBAND SATELLITES; MULTI-BEAM; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; SYSTEM RESOURCES; SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; TRAFFIC DEMANDS; TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPETITION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 78049512104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2010.5586860     Document Type: Conference Paper

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