Authors:
M. Luglio
1
;
C. Roseti
1
;
F. Zampognaro
1
and
E. Russo
2
Affiliations:
1
University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
;
2
Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy
Keyword(s):
5G, Athena Fidus, Link Budget, Ka-band.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Data Communication Networking
;
Modeling & Simulation of Communication Networks and Systems
;
Network Architectures
;
Next-Generation Communication Networks
;
Quality-Of-Service
;
Telecommunications
Abstract:
5G is rapidly approaching: companies and public institutions are significantly investing to design, develop and deploy the next generation telecommunication systems which will be based on flexible network management and new services definition. In this forthcoming scenario, the satellite can play a meaningful role to allow meeting all the claimed requirements, i.e., to support/complement terrestrial networks for a large set of applications. The Athena Fidus system has been realized to support civil and governmental services. The assessment of the overall capacity provided this platform and, in particular, the nominal IP-based bandwidth per terminal is important for the definition of the services and to efficiently plan future its integration with terrestrial networks, in compliance with 5G scenarios. In this paper, the real characteristics of Athena Fidus DVB-S2/DVB-RCS links are considered to identify the set of services that will be possible to offer. The objective is to draw the o
perational context to be considered for the potential involvement of Athena Fidus in the next communication systems.
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