D. Benfatto, N. Privitera, R. Suffritti, A. Awoseyila, B. Evans, S. Dimitrov
{"title":"On acquisition and tracking methods for SC-FDMA over satellite","authors":"D. Benfatto, N. Privitera, R. Suffritti, A. Awoseyila, B. Evans, S. Dimitrov","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934567","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we address the main opportunities and challenges related to the use of a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) waveform over a geostationary (GEO) satellite return link. More in details the impact of the satellite round-trip delay on SC-FDMA synchronisation acquisition is discussed and a possible solution for an efficient log-on procedure is proposed. The effects of satellite uplink channel impairments on SC-FDMA synchronization tracking are also analyzed and a set of timing, frequency and phase offsets estimation algorithms is proposed to be efficiently used in the context of satellite return link. In addition, also a reference architecture for SC-FDMA system focused on synchronization aspects is proposed.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132231100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean-Thomas Camino, S. Mourgues, C. Artigues, L. Houssin
{"title":"A greedy approach combined with graph coloring for non-uniform beam layouts under antenna constraints in multibeam satellite systems","authors":"Jean-Thomas Camino, S. Mourgues, C. Artigues, L. Houssin","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934570","url":null,"abstract":"Because of the ever-increasing traffic and quality demands for both internet and television, satellite systems must aim at designs that use the satellite resources in the most efficient way possible. In the case of multibeam satellite systems, this is achieved by making optimal use of the plurality of beams in terms of frequency reuse, power allocation, and quality of the layout. That last point is the one addressed in this paper, the optimisation of the beam layout being a complex but crucial task for the resulting telecommunication system since it directly affects its performances and cost. In the case of broadband systems, the key data is the repartition of the traffic demand over the zone to be covered which is never rigorously uniform. Though, it is common for satellite system design tools to rely on this fairly unrealistic assumption to provide regular coverage which is therefore often suboptimal : inappropriate beamwidths, over-provisioned or unsatisfied user stations, unprofitable beams. Nonetheless, one strong advantage of the regular scheme is that it is known to be compatible with the single feed per beam antenna constraint of minimum angular distance for all the couples of beams coming from the same reflector. The aim of this paper is to present a randomized multi-start heuristic to build a non-uniform layout, driven by the different telecommunication mission criteria and by the aforementioned antenna constraint that is dealt with by a graph recoloring procedure via local search and simulated annealing.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126628577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Pera, Ian Morris, G. Thomas, P. James, Nigel Wheatley, P. Jung
{"title":"Novel spread spectrum approach to multi-port amplifier calibration","authors":"A. Pera, Ian Morris, G. Thomas, P. James, Nigel Wheatley, P. Jung","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934566","url":null,"abstract":"This paper will outline the general design principles of multi-port amplifiers, along with operational and architectural benefits that they can provide. The paper will introduce the need for Multi-port amplifier calibration and present a Spread Spectrum based approach for unbalance detection and calibration which has been proposed by Eutelsat Communications, [RD1]. This Spread Spectrum approach has the advantage of requiring little to none on-board extra hardware and can be performed in real time without implications to communication traffic thanks to the peculiar properties of Spread Spectrum communication signals.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126545471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Satellite's role in the penetration of broadband connectivity within the European Union","authors":"S. Agnelli, P. Feltz, P. Griffiths, D. Roth","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934560","url":null,"abstract":"The European Commission (EC) has recently acknowledged that broadband coverage for all - the 2013 target of the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) - has been achieved thanks to satellite broadband services, such as Tooway™, the consumer-grade Internet access at 20 Mbps via the Eutelsat KA-SAT satellite. However, broadband take-up in the European Union (EU) is still far from being satisfactory, notably in rural and remote areas where satellite solutions are ideally suited.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115254651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Balancing closed and open loop CSI in mobile satellite link adaptation","authors":"Alberto Rico-Alvariño, Jesús Arnau, C. Mosquera","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934548","url":null,"abstract":"We consider the problem of modulation and coding scheme selection in the return link of a mobile satellite system. We propose to use a weighted combination of both open loop and closed loop signal quality indicators to perform this selection. The combination weights are not selected by making any assumptions on the channel distribution; instead, they are dynamically adapted according to the ACK/NAK exchange between both ends. This adaptation procedure is obtained as a stochastic programming solution to an optimization problem. Numerical results will show the good performance of the proposed method compared to previous algorithms, and its robustness to environment changes.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130005864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis and modeling of the cloud impairments of satellite-to-land mobile channel at Ku and Ka bands","authors":"A. Al-Saegh, A. Sali, A. Ismail, J. S. Mandeep","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934579","url":null,"abstract":"Cloud impairments have significant effect on signal propagated in the satellite to land stationary terminals channel at frequencies above 10 GHz. With the recent satellite to land mobile terminals network technologies and services that use these frequencies, there is a lack of channel impairments modeling and analysis for such type of link. This study presents a reliable channel model of satellite-to-land mobile terminals that consider dynamic cloudy weather impairments. The cloud's dynamic parameters and their effect on the Rician factor are modeled. The model involves modules that design multipath signals, direct clear line-of-sight (LOS) normalized signals, and cloud impairments. Results show that a considerable change occurs in the performance of the signal propagated through the cloud. The change appears as deviations in the fade depth and the variance of the propagated signal in the link between the satellite and the land mobile terminals. The channel model is a realistic approach to the link characteristics, which satellite systems designers should consider when designing high data rate satellite systems.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114604910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Inigo, O. Vidal, B. Roy, E. Alberty, N. Metzger, D. Galinier, Javad Anzalchi, G. Huggins, S. Stirland
{"title":"Review of terabit/s satellite, the next generation of HTS systems","authors":"P. Inigo, O. Vidal, B. Roy, E. Alberty, N. Metzger, D. Galinier, Javad Anzalchi, G. Huggins, S. Stirland","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934562","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the present paper is to characterize the next generation of HTS allowing to reach the Terabit/s satellite systems. The associated technologies are presented and the challenges ahead are reviewed and assessed proposing solutions to address the identified difficulties.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"313 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115445988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interference statistical distribution for cognitive satellite communication systems operating above 10GHz","authors":"C. Kourogiorgas, A. Panagopoulos","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934552","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, interference statistical distribution is obtained for cognitive satellite communication systems operating above 10GHz, taking into account the propagation phenomena. The adoption of cognitive aspects in broadband satellite systems is considered as a promising solution for possible spectrum scarcity in the future. Dual cognitive satellite systems, operating at Ku-band and above, are investigated in this paper. More specifically, the Signal-to-Interference Ratio statistical distribution under rainfall conditions and under the assumption that the link under consideration is available is analytically obtained and verified using an accurate multi-dimensional rain attenuation time series synthesizer. The performance, of both incumbent and cognitive users suffering from interference, is examined. In the numerical results Section, it is shown that the synthesizer reproduces the first-order interference statistics.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114558740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dimitrios Christopoulos, S. Chatzinotas, B. Ottersten
{"title":"Frame based precoding in satellite communications: A multicast approach","authors":"Dimitrios Christopoulos, S. Chatzinotas, B. Ottersten","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934558","url":null,"abstract":"In the present work, a multibeam satellite that employs aggressive frequency reuse towards increasing the offered throughput is considered. Focusing on the forward link, the goal is to employ multi-antenna signal processing techniques, namely linear precoding, to manage the inter-beam interferences. In this context, fundamental practical limitations, namely the rigid framing structure of satellite communication standards and the on-board per-antenna power constraints, are herein considered. Therefore, the concept of optimal frame based precoding under per-antenna constraints, is discussed. This consists in precoding the transmit signals without changing the underlying framing structure of the communication standard. In the present work, the connection of the frame based precoding problem with the generic signal processing problem of conveying independent sets of common data to distinct groups of users is established. This model is known as physical layer multicasting to multiple co-channel groups. Building on recent results, the weighted fair per-antenna power constrained multigroup multicast precoders are employed for frame based precoding. The throughput performance of these solutions is compared to multicast aware heuristic precoding methods over a realistic multibeam satellite scenario. Consequently, the gains of the proposed approach are quantified via extensive numerical results.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116731420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improved channel estimation for interference cancellation in random access methods for satellite communications","authors":"K. Zidane, J. Lacan, M. Boucheret, C. Poulliat","doi":"10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASMS-SPSC.2014.6934526","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of satellite communications, random access methods can significantly increase throughput and reduce latency over the network. The recent random access methods are based on multi-user multiple access transmission at the same time and frequency followed by iterative interference cancellation and decoding at the receiver. Generally, it is assumed that perfect knowledge of the interference is available at the receiver. In practice, the interference term has to be accurately estimated to avoid performance degradation. Several estimation techniques have been proposed lately in the case of superimposed signals. In this paper, we present an overview on existing channel estimation methods and we propose an improved channel estimation technique that combines estimation using an autocorrelation based method and the Expectation-Maximization algorithm, and uses pilot symbol assisted modulation to further improve the performance and achieve optimal interference cancellation.","PeriodicalId":192172,"journal":{"name":"2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131339218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}