DVB-S2, the second generation standard for satellite broadcasting and unicasting

Alberto Morello, Ulrich Reimers
2004 International Journal of Satellite Communications And Networking  
DVB-S2 is the second-generation specification for satellite broad-band applications, developed by the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Project in 2003. The system is structured as a toolkit to allow the implementation of the following satellite applications: TV and sound broadcasting, interactivity (i.e., Internet access), and professional services, such as TV contribution links and digital satellite news gathering. It has been specified around three concepts: best transmission performance
more » ... aching the Shannon limit, total flexibility, and reasonable receiver complexity. Channel coding and modulation are based on more recent developments by the scientific community: low density parity check codes are adopted, combined with QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, and 32APSK modulations for the system to work properly on the nonlinear satellite channel. The framing structure allows for maximum flexibility in a versatile system and also synchronization in worst case configurations (low signal-to-noise ratios). Adaptive coding and modulation, when used in one-to-one links, then allows optimization of the transmission parameters for each individual user, dependant on path conditions. Backward-compatible modes are also available, allowing existing DVB-S integrated receivers-decoders to continue working during the transitional period. The paper provides a tutorial overview of the DVB-S2 system, describing its main features and performance in various scenarios and applications. Keywords-Adaptive coding and modulation (ACM), digital satellite news gathering (DSNG), DVB-S2, low density parity check (LDPC) coding, satellite broadcasting.
doi:10.1002/sat.788 fatcat:v6e3zomttzhuzhasqinjdjqvli