CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
 1     Introduction
 2     Applications and scenarios
        2.1     High definition television/Three-dimensional television
        2.2     Mobile multimedia
        2.3     Broadband Internet
 3     Satellite systems examples
        3.1     17/24 and 21/24 GHz BSS systems
        3.2     Integrated MSS systems
        3.3     Ka-band broadband systems
 4     System implementation methods
        4.1     Single and multi-beam satellite systems
        4.2     Digital satellite transmission system
 5     Multi-carrier and multiple access systems
        5.1     Basics of multi-carrier transmission
        5.2     Multi-carrier transmission over a satellite link
        5.3     Multi-carrier based multiple access schemes
 6     Peak-to-average power ratio reduction technologies
        6.1     Introduction
        6.2     Peak-to-average power ratio reduction techniques
Block scaling
Channel coding
Partial transmit sequence scheme
Sub-carrier scrambling
Tone reservation
Pulse superposition
Non-linear companding transforms
        6.3     CI-OFDM
                  6.3.1     Introduction
                  6.3.2     CI-spreading technology
        6.4     Power amplifier linearization: a technique to reduce the effect of PAPR
 7     Channel coding techniques
        7.1     Channel coding
        7.2     Concatenated codes
                  7.2.1     Single-level concatenated codes
                  7.2.2     Multi-level concatenated codes
        7.3     Turbo codes
                  7.3.1     Introduction
                  7.3.2     Convolutional turbo codes
                  7.3.3     Block turbo codes
                  7.3.4     Methods for decoding turbo codes
MAP (BCJR) algorithm
Max-log-MAP and SOVA
Chase-Pyndiah algorithm
        7.4     Low density parity check codes
                  7.4.1     Introduction
                  7.4.2     Description
                  7.4.3     Graphical representation of LDPC matrices
                  7.4.4     Decoding LDPC codes: belief propagation
 8     Link rate adaptation
        8.1     Constant coding and modulation
        8.2     Adaptive coding and modulation
        8.3     Hybrid ARQ
 9     Standards and transmission methods
        9.1     DVB-S
Modulation
Channel coding
        9.2     DVB-S2
Modulation
Channel coding
Link adaptation
        9.3     DVB-RCS
Forward link
Return link
Continuous carrier operation (mobile option)
        9.4     DVB-SH
Architectures
Channel coding and modulation
10     Performance parameters and models
       10.1     Performance and spectral efficiency of a multi-carrier satellite system in linear channels
       10.2     Evaluation of CI-OFDM transmissions in a non-linear satellite channel
                  10.2.1     System model
                  10.2.2     Test results
       10.3     Performance and spectral efficiency of CI-OFDM in a non-linear satellite channel
                  10.3.1     System model
                  10.3.2     Test results
       10.4     Performance of MC-CDMA in a non-linear satellite channel
                  10.4.1     System model
                  10.4.2     BER performance of non-linear MC-CDMA satellite system
                  10.4.3     Adaptive operation of MC-CDMA satellite system
11     Future trends (on-board processing)
       11.1     Introduction
       11.2     Signal regeneration
       11.3     Reducing latency: IP-routing and caching
       11.4     Flexible signals, flexible design: variable data rates, cross-layer optimization and software-defined radio
       11.5     Implementation considerations and examples
12     Conclusions
13     References