Study on feasibility of SATCOM for railway communication

Final Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Description Page
SYSTEM .............................................................................................................................................. 58
4.3.1 Identification of key non-functional and non-technical parameters ............................. 58
5. IDENTIFICATION OF CRITERIA FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SATCOM SOLUTIONS ........... 61
6. SATCOM MARKET SURVEY ........................................................................................................ 64
6.1 INTRODUCTION TO SATCOM SOLUTIONS .......................................................................... 64
6.2 SURVEY OF SATCOM SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES ................................................ 65
6.2.1 Iridium NEXT ....................................................................................................................... 66
6.2.2 Globalstar ............................................................................................................................ 70
6.2.3 ICO ....................................................................................................................................... 71
6.2.4 MEO C-band ........................................................................................................................ 73
6.2.5 O3b (MEO Ka-band)............................................................................................................ 75
6.2.6 Thuraya ................................................................................................................................ 77
6.2.7 Inmarsat 4 (BGAN) and 6 (ICE) (GEO L-band) ................................................................. 79
6.2.8 GEO S-band (Eutelsat W2A) .............................................................................................. 81
6.2.9 GEO C-band (5GHz)............................................................................................................ 82
6.2.10 GEO X/Ka band (GOVSAT1) .............................................................................................. 83
6.2.11 Smart LNB (Eutelsat) ......................................................................................................... 86
6.2.12 GEO Ku-band ...................................................................................................................... 87
6.2.13 Inmarsat 5 - Global Xpress (GX) ....................................................................................... 89
6.2.14 GEO Ka-band ...................................................................................................................... 93
6.3 SATCOM ACCESS SCHEMES ................................................................................................ 96
6.4 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS (STANDARDS AND PROPRIETARY) ........ 98
6.4.1 DVB-S / S2 / S2X ................................................................................................................. 98
6.4.2 DVB-RCS / RCS2 / RCS2+M ............................................................................................... 99
6.4.3 DVB-SH .............................................................................................................................. 100
6.4.4 S-MIM ................................................................................................................................. 101
6.4.5 ANTARES CS .................................................................................................................... 101
7. SATCOM FOR RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTATION PROCESS ........................ 104
7.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 104
7.1.1 Targeted stakeholders ..................................................................................................... 104
7.1.2 Survey questions.............................................................................................................. 105
Doc.Nº: SRAIL-FNR-010-IND
Edit./Rev.: 1/1
Date: 16/02/2017
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