Validation of the ETSI DVB-S2 Standard for USE with CCSDS Space Link Protocols

VALIDATION OF THE ETSI DVB-S2 STANDARD FOR USE WITH CCSDS SPACE LINK PROTOCOLS

CCSDS RECORD

CCSDS 131.3-Y-0

Yellow Book August 2012 VALIDATION OF THE ETSI DVB-S2 STANDARD FOR USE WITH CCSDS SPACE LINK PROTOCOLS FOREWORD

Through the process of normal evolution, it is expected that expansion, deletion, or modification of this document may occur. This Recommended Standard is therefore subject to CCSDS document management and change control procedures, which are defined in the Procedures Manual for the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems. Current versions of CCSDS documents are maintained at the CCSDS Web site:

http://www.ccsds.org/

Questions relating to the contents or status of this document should be addressed to the CCSDS Secretariat at the address indicated on page i.

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At time of publication, the active Member and Observer Agencies of the CCSDS were: Member Agencies – Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)/Italy. – Canadian Space Agency (CSA)/Canada. – Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/France. – China National Space Administration (CNSA)/People’s Republic of China. – Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)/Germany. – European Space Agency (ESA)/Europe. – Federal Space Agency (FSA)/Russian Federation. – Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)/Brazil. – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Japan. – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/USA. – UK Space Agency/United Kingdom.

Observer Agencies – Austrian Space Agency (ASA)/Austria. – Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BFSPO)/Belgium. – Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash)/Russian Federation. – China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control General, Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology (CLTC/BITTT)/China. – Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)/China. – Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST)/China. – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)/Australia. – CSIR Satellite Applications Centre (CSIR)/Republic of South Africa. – Danish National Space Center (DNSC)/Denmark. – Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial (DCTA)/Brazil. – European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)/Europe. – European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT)/Europe. – Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)/Thailand. – Hellenic National Space Committee (HNSC)/Greece. – Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)/India. – Institute of Space Research (IKI)/Russian Federation. – KFKI Research Institute for Particle & Nuclear Physics (KFKI)/Hungary. – Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)/Korea. – Ministry of Communications (MOC)/Israel. – National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)/Japan. – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/USA. – National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NSARK)/Kazakhstan. – National Space Organization (NSPO)/Chinese Taipei. – Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST)/USA. – Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)/Turkey. – Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)/Pakistan. – Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)/Sweden. – United States Geological Survey (USGS)/USA.Austrian Space Agency (ASA)/Austria.

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Document Title Date Status

CCSDS 131.3-Y-0

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1 INTRODUCTION...... 1-1 1.1 PURPOSE...... 1-1 1.2 SCOPE...... 1-1 1.3 ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT...... 1-1 2 INDEPENDENT VALIDATIONS OF THE STANDARD...... 2-2 2.1 OVERVIEW...... 2-2 2.2 SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS...... 2-2 2.3 TRANSMITTER IMPLEMENTATIONS...... 2-2 2.4 RECEIVER IMPLEMENTATIONS...... 2-2 2.5 INTEROPERABILITY TESTING...... 2-3 3 PATENTS FOR THE PROPOSED STANDARD...... 3-4 4 REFERENCES...... 4-5

CCSDS 131.3-Y-0 Page iv August 2012 VALIDATION OF THE ETSI DVB-S2 STANDARD FOR USE WITH CCSDS SPACE LINK PROTOCOLS 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSE

This document is in response to CCSDS A02.1-Y-2, “Restructured Organization and Processes for the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems” 2, which for elevating a book to Blue status (adopted recommended standard) requires that “At least two independent and interoperable prototypes or implementations must have been developed and demonstrated in an operationally-relevant environment, either real or simulated”.

The document under adoption is CCSDS 131.3-R-1, “CCSDS Space Link Protocols over ETSI DVB-S2 standard” 1.

Document CCSDS A02.1-Y-2 2 also requires that “If patented or otherwise controlled technology is required for the separate implementations, they each must also have resulted from separate exercise of the licensing process”. This requirement is also addressed in the present document.

1.2 SCOPE

This document is not a part of any CCSDS Recommended Standard.

1.3 ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT

This document is divided into three parts. Section 1 (this section) presents the purpose and organization of the book. Section 2 documents several independent implementations and simulations of the proposed standard. Section 3 documents licensing agreements for the proposed standard.

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2.1 OVERVIEW

The proposed standard “CCSDS Space Link Protocols over ETSI DVB-S2 standard” is an adaptation profile describing how to use the ETSI DVB-S2 standard 3 to transmit CCSDS Transfer Frames for telemetry purpose. The interface between CCSDS and DVB-S2 is based on ASM and CADU already introduced in 5 and widely used in the CCSDS community. Consequently, the considered validation is limited to DVB-S2 modulation and coding.

A number of implementations (software and hardware, on-board and on-ground…) are listed in the following sections.

2.2 SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS

The DVB-S2 is an already widely used satellite communication standard. Many DVB-S2 performance analyses, on AWGN channel or on satellite communication channel, are consequently available in technical literature.

Concerning performances on AWGN channel, some performances are given in 4 (pages 67 and 68). Missing MODCOD have been simulated by CNES in 6.

Concerning performances in a representative context, the satellite communication channel is very similar to the telemetry channel, and DVB-S2 telecom transmissions prove the feasibility of a DVB-S2 telemetry transmission. ESA simulations dedicated to the telecom context are presented in 7. Similar simulations can also be found in 8.

Further results dedicated to DVB-S2 telemetry are presented in 9.

2.3 TRANSMITTER IMPLEMENTATIONS

Many DVB-S2 telecom transmitters are available, currently with maximum data rates from 30 to 50 MBauds.

CNES intends to use DVB-S2 for its LEO satellite high data rate telemetry from 2020 and beyond. An Elegant Bread Board of a telemetry transmitter at 150 MBauds will be delivered to CNES in 2015.

A transmitter using DVB-S2 at data rates above 3 GBauds has been experimented by NASA in 12.

2.4 RECEIVER IMPLEMENTATIONS

Many DVB-S2 telecom receivers are available, with data rates up to 30 to 50 MBauds. Some of them includes the VCM/ACM capability. The use of these receivers can be considered for low data rate telemetry.

Zodiac Data System (ZDS) has implemented on its Cortex HDR XXL receiver all the DVB-S2 MODCOD, with modulation from QPSK to 32-APSK, and with short and normal frames, as

CCSDS 131.3-Y-0 Page vi August 2012 VALIDATION OF THE ETSI DVB-S2 STANDARD FOR USE WITH CCSDS SPACE LINK PROTOCOLS described in 13. A test transmitter has been included in the Cortex as well. Data rates of 250 to 300 MBauds are achievable (for all modulations). This equipment also includes the VCM/ACM capability.

2.5 INTEROPERABILITY TESTING

Interoperability and performances of telecom equipments from 7 manufacturers was evaluated in 10.

The interoperability of equipments from 6 manufacturers was also verified by CNES in 11 (telecom equipments from 4 manufacturers, one measurement equipment, and the Zodiac Data System Cortex HDR XXL telemetry receiver).

The interoperability was found to be very good in both evaluations.

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The CCSDS draws attention to the fact that compliance with 1 may involve the use of patents. In particular, ETSI DVB-S2 is covered by a set of patents for which a global license can be obtained from:

S2 Licensing Attention: John T. Whelan 135 West Dares Beach Road, Suite 204 Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678 United States of America Telephone: 410-535-6554 Facsimile: 410-535-6077 E-mail: [email protected]

The standard Patent License Agreement “DVB-S2 NON-EXCLUSIVE PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT” and its addendum “PROFESSIONAL LICENSED PRODUCT ADDENDUM TO DVB-S2 NON-EXCLUSIVE PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT” are attached at the end of this document.

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[1] CCSDS 131.3-R-3, “CCSDS Space Link Protocols over ETSI DVB-S2 standard”, draft recommended standard, August 2012.

[2] CCSDS A02.1-Y-3, “Restructured Organization and Processes for the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems”, Yellow book, Issue 3, July 2011.

[3] Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Second Generation Framing Structure, Channel Coding and Modulation Systems for Broadcasting, Interactive Services, News Gathering and other Broadband Satellite Applications. ETSI EN 302 307 V1.2.1 (2009-08).1

[4] Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); User guidelines for the second generation system for Broadcasting, Interactive Services, News Gathering and other Broadband Satellite Applications (DVB-S2), ETSI TR 102 376 V1.1.1 (2005-02). 2

[5] CCSDS 131.0-B-1, “TM Synchronization and Channel Coding, Recommendation for Space Data System Standards”, Blue Book, Issue 2, August 2011.

[6] CCSDS SLS-RFM_12-10, CNES DVB-S2 simulations over AWGN channel.

[7] “ DVB-S2 modem algorithms design and performance over typical satellite channels”, E. Casini, R. De Gaudenzi, A. Ginesi, International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, Special Issue on The DVB-S2 Standard for Broadband Satellite Systems, Volume 22, Issue 3, pages 281–318, May/June 2004. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sat.791/abstract.

[8] “ DVB-S2: The Second Generation Standard for Satellite Broad-band Services”, Alberto Morello and Vittoria Mignone, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 94, No. 1, January 2006. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1566630&tag=1.

[9] CCSDS SLS-RFM_12-11, DVB-S2 performance under realistic channel conditions : CNES simulations.

[10] Laboratory test results on DVB-S2 equipment, A. Bertella, V. Mignone, B. Sacco, M. Tabone, DVB TM 3620. Summary available at tech.ebu.ch/docs/techreview/trev_309- dvb _ s2 .pdf.

[11] CCSDS SLS-CS_12-10, CNES DVB-S2 interoperability tests.

[12] “Demonstration of Multi-Gbps Data Rates at Ka-Band Using Software- Defined Modem and Broadband High Power Amplifier for Space Communications”, Rainee N. Simons et al., IEEE Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International, 5-10 June 2011, Baltimore, MD. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp? arnumber=5972636.

1 ETSI standards are available for free download at http://www.etsi.org.

2 ETSI user guidelines are available for free download at http://www.etsi.org.

CCSDS 131.3-Y-0 Page ix August 2012 VALIDATION OF THE ETSI DVB-S2 STANDARD FOR USE WITH CCSDS SPACE LINK PROTOCOLS [13] “ CCSDS telemetry Over DVB-S2: Characteristics, Receiver implementation and performances”, CNES & Zodiac Data System, International Telemetering Conference, 22- 25 October 2012, San Diego, CA, USA.

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