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Practical MIMO aspects in dual polarization per beam mobile satellite broadcasting
Author(s) -
Arapoglou PantelisDaniel,
Burzigotti Paolo,
Alamañac Ana Bolea,
Gaudenzi Riccardo De
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of satellite communications and networking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.388
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1542-0981
pISSN - 1542-0973
DOI - 10.1002/sat.1008
Subject(s) - computer science , mimo , interleaving , digital video broadcasting , 3g mimo , electronic engineering , telecommunications , computer network , channel (broadcasting) , engineering , operating system
SUMMARY Building upon a number of recent publications promoting the use of multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) over dual polarization per beam mobile satellite broadcasting (MSB), the present paper sets MIMO well on its way for practical implementation in next‐generation MSB by analyzing critical aspects of this novel architecture. Specifically, it carries out a sensitivity analysis of various system parameters including how time interleaving, terminal antenna cross‐polarization discrimination and intrasytem interference impact MIMO performance. Next, the paper proposes a channel estimation approach compatible with the latest digital video broadcasting‐satellite to handheld (DVB‐SH) standard for MIMO land mobile satellite (LMS) channel estimation. Finally, the impact of non‐linear distortion on the most prominent space–time coding alternatives is investigated. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.