Satellite Media Broadcasting with Adaptive Coding and Modulation

Table 4

Broadcasting with static transmission in the two scenarios; parameters used and overall capacity for 99.5% required link availability.

Scenario region	Minimum 𝐶/𝑁 for 99.5% of avg year	Transmission standard	Required constellation	Required code rate	Useful capacity at 36 MHz transponder (Mbps)
Greece	8.75 dB	DVB-S	QPSK	5/6	43.1
Greece	8.75 dB	DVB-S2	8PSK	2/3	59.4
Indonesia	6.69 dB	DVB-S	QPSK	2/3	34.31
Indonesia	6.69 dB	DVB-S2	QPSK	3/4	44.4