Title :
Performance assessment of the Smart mAritime saTellite terminal for mUltimedia seRvices and conteNts (SATURN) system
Author :
Baroni, Andrea ; Michel, A. ; Pannozzo, Massimo ; Zamberlan, Daniel ; Andrenacci, Marco ; Silvestri, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper, the main measured performance results of the SATURN (Smart mAritime saTellite terminal for mUltimedia seRvices and conteNts) system are summarized. The SATURN project aimed to design and develop a maritime user terminal for small leisure boats (up to 20m of length). Such a terminal allows navigators for receiving contents through a DVB-SH channel and transmitting small amount of data via an ETSI S-MIM return channel (based on the Enhanced Spread Spectrum protocol) using the S-Band (2 GHz). The system performance has been measured in a real environment, emulating the sea-condition by means of an ad-hoc designed Motion Simulator.
Keywords :
marine communication; multimedia communication; protocols; satellite communication; DVB-SH channel; ETSI S-MIM return channel; SATURN project; SATURN system; ad-hoc designed motion simulator; enhanced spread spectrum protocol; maritime user terminal; performance assessment; smart maritime satellite terminal for multimedia services and contents; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Digital video broadcasting; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Saturn; Sea measurements; DVB-SH; E-SSA; MPE-IFEC; Maritime Terminal; Multimedia Services; S-Band; S-MIM; SATURN; Satellite; Service Availability;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC), 2014 7th
Conference_Location :
Livorno
DOI :
10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934535
