Title :
DVB-S2 ACM and ACM/QoS integration for triple-play bi-directional satellite services in the UNIC project
Author :
Vignaroli, Luca ; Mignone, Vittoria ; Rossini, Mauro ; Bertella, Andrea ; Tabone, Mirto ; Vaccaro, Attilio ; Boccolini, Gabriele
Author_Institution :
Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana, Torino
Abstract :
The paper gives an overview of the UNIC project and describes the DVB-S2 ACM (adaptive coding and modulation) and ACM/QoS (quality of service) test platform developed by the project, to optimize satellite access performance in a TV centric 2-way satellite scenario with interactive multimedia offer to the users. The ACM and ACM/QoS requirements, the development activities and summary of the results of the tests carried out during the project laboratory and field trials is also given.
Keywords :
adaptive codes; digital video broadcasting; direct broadcasting by satellite; modulation coding; quality of service; ACM/QoS integration; DVB-S2 ACM; UNIC project; adaptive coding and modulation; digital video braodcasting; quality of service; triple-play bi-directional satellite services; universal satellite home connection; Bidirectional control; Digital video broadcasting; HDTV; Laboratories; Modulation coding; Quality of service; Satellite broadcasting; TV; Testing; US Department of Transportation; Adaptive Coding and Modulation; DVB-S2; Quality of Services; UNIC; bi-directional satellite; multistream; satellite triple play;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing for Space Communications, 2008. SPSC 2008. 10th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Rhodes Island
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2572-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2573-0
DOI :
10.1109/SPSC.2008.4686736
