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Annex 2Page 9Ref. Activity Title Procurement Policy Budget(KEUR)Planned TenderIssueEstimated Duration(months)3A.038 All-IP Broadcast Satellite Networks Technologies and Demonstration Open Competitive Tender Type: C 700 3Q 2009 18(09.153.02)Objective: To study the system and prototype and validate key technologies for IP-based broadcasting services over DVB-S2 adaptive Ka-band satellite systemsDescription:Ka-band satellites are finally emerging and changing the way satellite services are offered to the end users. Ka-band satellites will not only offer broadband interactive services, but alsoadvanced broadcasting services (e.g. IPTV at several hundreds of Mbps) directly to the end users. IPTV will allow a personalised and interactive environment, integration withcommunication services and integration of mobile & fixed TV. Two types of satellite terminals shall be present: the interactive and the receive-only terminals. The latter ones may becombined with a terrestrial network access at lower data rates providing the interactivity (e.g. ADSL). In this new context, it is pivotal that broadband satellite systems support the newservices effectively and seamlessly. The activity shall be divided in two phases:i) Study phase: This first phase will start with the definition of the advanced broadcasting multimedia services (e.g. HDTV, multimedia content delivery, content on demand) and study theirintegration over a DVB-S2 based satellite system in Ka-band and with the home networks. Among others the following issues will be addressed:a. Support of very high symbol rates (200 Msps) over DVB-S2 chipsets (using for example techniques like time-slicing)b. Efficient transport of the RTP packets over DVB-S2c. Integration of scalable video coding (e.g. supporting SD and HDTV) over DVB-S2 VCM waveforms for broadcast and over DVB-S2 ACM waveforms for unicastd. Integration of the satellite-link router configuration and received content (live feeds, cached) with the multimedia home networking standards (Open IPTV Forum, DVB IPTV Forum,DLNA, ITU IPTV, IPTV Interoperability Forum will be studied)This phase will be completed with the specification of an end-to-end demonstrator and the identification of the required technologies to be prototyped in the next phase. Among these, akey component is deemed to be the satellite-link IP-Based router.ii) Prototyping and demonstration phase: During the second phase, the prototypes of the required technologies including the satellite-link router shall be implemented (e.g. a Linux basedimplementation) including the necessary protocols and software to support the advanced broadcasting services. The demonstrator shall be able to validate the services and techniquesdefined in the study phase and shall realistically emulate a Ka-band satellite channel. The remaining of the demonstrator shall be also setup including:a. DVB-S2 modulator (with ACM, VCM, MPEG, GSE support)b. Ka channel emulatorc. Multimedia content encoders (with SVC support) and multiplexersd. Decoders on the end-user appliances and measurement equipmentA test/validation effort in a controlled laboratory environment shall then follow. Different services and combination of them will be demonstrated over different satellite channelconditions.
Annex 2Page 101.2 PropagationRef.alNumber3B.017(08.153.39)Objective:Description:Activity Title Procurement Policy Budget(KEUR)Propagation analysis tool for design of fixed and mobile multimedia systemsOpen Competitive Tender Type:C(2)Planned TenderIssue400 2Q 18Estimated Duration(months)To develop a WEB based propagation analysis tool to be used by industry designing multimedia satellite telecommunication systems for fixed, mobile or airborne user terminals using GEOand non GEO satellites. The frequency range is from L to V band.The use of propagation models and ITU-R recommendations can be quite difficult for industry and the non-propagation engineers due to the large number of interrelated issues and the regularrelease of new or updated ITU-R recommendations. This can result in duplicated implementations and validation procedures that increase industrial cost. In addition errors in dealing withcomplex propagation parameters and models can result in wrong design assumptions and lengthy review procedures.During the 1990’s ESA developed the RAPIDS tool, which is a WEB based system to produce the link budget propagation parameters for satellite telecommunications systems with fixedterminals. It is based on a core of ITU-R recommendations for the prediction of atmospheric attenuation statistic. Thanks to the encapsulation of the complexity of propagation models,meteorological data and system parameters the tool can be managed easily also by users without a deep background on propagation. Its configuration and reporting capabilities make RAPIDSapplicable to propagation experts for in-depth analyses. Over the years it has been proven that RAPIDS increased the efficiency of system analysis and trade-off activities for various projects(e.g. Galileo ground segment, Alphasat mission preliminary and phase A design, the telecommunication link of Science and Earth Observation new missions). However, a new version isrequired due to the continuous evolution of models and obsolescence of its platform with respect to new software standards.The area of application of propagation models and tools is also developing because the SatCom systems are evolving into integrated systems capable of providing global communicationservices to fixed, mobile and aeronautical terminals. The design of such systems shall address several propagation issues for frequencies ranging from L to V band and shall accommodate avariety of system configurations (e.g. GEO and non-GEO satellites, point-to-point or point to-multipoint communications). For most of these issues models have been developed recently, alsothrough ESA activities, and they did not exist when RAPIDS was developed.Therefore, a new tool is required to improve and expand the propagation software tools for the telecom engineer to address the requirements of new and upcoming satellite communicationssystem design. The new tool shall include:• Tropospheric, ionospheric and environmental effects for a wide range of frequency bands.• Channel models for dynamic properties (time series generator) and spatial correlation and spectral properties• Propagation aspects for interference assessment from both terrestrial and spatial systems.• Harmonisation of models from different application areas.• Common approach and User Interface based on system issues.• Analyses and comparison of models with real propagation measurements.The proposed activity can leverage on recent developments in ESA and European projects on radiowave propagation to produce a modernised WEB based computational server for Europeanindustry and organizations. The tool will be made available to industry and organizations involved in ESA and European satellite telecommunications system design activities.
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