Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting ( SDMB ) system presentation

• Both authors are with Alcatel Space, 26 avenue J.F. Champollion, 31037 Toulouse Cedex 1 France, email: christophe.selier@space.alcatel.fr, nicolas.Chuberre@space.alcatel.fr Abstract This paper presents an overview of the Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (SDMB) system, as studied within the European IST integrated project MAESTRO. The SDMB takes advantage of the satellite inherent capability to provide broadcast services over global coverage, to constitute an eff icient way to serve mobile multimedia contents to a potentially unlimited audience.