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This article presents Eutelsat European Ka-band implementation of the broadband ToowayTM service and its evolution through a dedicated Ka-band exclusive satellite (KA-SAT). It also explains Eutelsat’s choice in selecting the Ka-band for interactive services, broadcast video and IPTV services, demonstrating the optimal consumer service synergy between existing Ku-band and new Ka-band services.
KA-SAT satellite is not focusing only on consumer triple-play services. Indeed, Eutelsat strategy consists in offering also professional video and data services in Ka-band (video distribution, video contribution, e-cinema, file transport) sharing the same transparent satellite bandwidth and the same ground segment infrastructure.
For those professional video applications the last content processing (SVC) and satellite transport (DVB-S2 ACM) techniques are under deployment and this paper will present simulation results and link budgets estimations for a large number of future commercial applications.
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ETSI EN 302 307 V1.1.1, Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Second generation framing structure, channel coding and modulation systems for Broadcasting, Interactive Services, News Gathering and other broadband satellite applications (June 2006)
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Benoit, G., Fenech, H., Pezzana, S., Tomatis, A. (2010). Ka-Band Satellite Consumer Triple-Play and Professional Video Services. In: Sithamparanathan, K., Marchese, M., Ruggieri, M., Bisio, I. (eds) Personal Satellite Services. PSATS 2010. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13618-4_6
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