Satellite Profile in DVB-NGH Physical layer technical choices and motivations

Digital Video Broadcasting Next Generation Handheld (DVB-NGH) is a hybrid terrestrial-satellite standard conceived to facilitate rich media content consumption using a variety of mobile, handheld devices. Still under drafting, the DVB-NGH specifications are to be released current 2012 with the target of offering superior performance, robustness and coverage with respect to existing solutions. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the physical layer of the satellite component of DVB-NGH and to give some insight on the motivation and technical choices that were made during the specification phase, with a focus on the waveform choice and on the pilot grid design. Keywords-DVB-NGH, satellite, SC-FDMA, SC-OFDM, hybrid pilot, PAPR.