Adaptive coding and modulation for vehicular satellite communications

This paper presents the findings of an effort to establish the performance of ACM as defined in the DVB-S2 standard, in the context of vehicular satellite communications. The effects of multipath fading as well as rain attenuation and the high round trip delays associated with geostationary satellite systems are discussed. Performance results have been obtained by means of link level simulations. The work has been curried out under the FP6 project MOWGLY whose objective is the design, testing and implementation of a prototype system for broadband satellite communications to aircraft, maritime vessels and high speed trains. © 2007 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved