A second-generation scpc system for business satellite communications

Author

Mcgovern, D. ; Kernot, R.J.

Volume

54

Issue

10

fYear

1984

fDate

10/1/1984 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

424

Lastpage

430

Abstract

The European Telecommunications Administrations are planning to offer Business Satellite Services from the beginning of 1985. Designed under the auspices of EUTELSAT, the Satellite Multiservice System (SMS) operates in the 14/12.5 GHz bands and will use two satellites: the European Communications Satellite (ECS), and capacity leased on the French domestic satellite, Telecom 1. This paper describes the ECS SMS and in particular the Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) access system. This system operates over a range of data rates from 64 kbit/s to 2 Mbit/s and incorporates a number of novel features including satellite-link encryption, the use of soft-decision error correction, and full support of terrestrial interface standards.

Keywords

multi-access systems; satellite relay systems; telecommunication channels; 2 Mbit/s; 64 kbit/s; ECS; EUTELSAT; European Communications Satellite; European Telecommunications Administrations; French domestic satellite; SMS; Satellite Multiservice System; Single Channel Per Carrier; Telecom 1; access system; business satellite communications; business satellite services; satellite-link encryption; second-generation SCPC system; soft-decision error correction; terrestrial interface standards;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Radio and Electronic Engineer

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0033-7722

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ree.1984.0101

Filename

5269530