SatLabs System Recommendations (SSR)

The goal of these Recommendations – SatLabs Systems Recommendations (SSR) - is to facilitate interoperability of DVB-RCS terminals through a qualification system managed by the SatLabs Group:

Interoperability of terminals compliant with SatLabs Terminal Profiles
Terminals from different manufacturers that are compliant with the SSR shall be able to operate in networks that support the SSR
Documenting compliance with the DVB-RCS standard and SSR for critical terminal and system interoperability issues

The SatLabs terminal qualification process is limited to documenting the terminal compliance. Hub vendors that are SatLabs members commit to support interoperability with all terminals complying with the SatLabs profile(s) within the Hub’s capability.

These Recommendations define SatLabs Terminal Profiles specifying IP services, DVB-RCS options and complementary features to be supported for each SatLabs Terminal Profile. These Recommendations also describe qualification test parameter profiles that will be used in the qualification testing. These profiles are by definition certified interoperable configurations for SatLabs compliant terminals. The scope of the qualification testing is to ensure interoperability of critical air interface protocol issues. The general functionality, capabilities and performance of the terminal are outside the scope of the qualification tests.

The latest SSR for Version 1.3 certification expands the scope of Version 1.2 to include:

Interoperable QoS functionality
Enhanced QoS and support, defining the Enhanced QoS option (ENHQOS)
Interoperable Performance Enhancement Proxy (iPEP) (link to I-PEP page), defining the PEP option
HTTP pre-fetching in a single side pull mode, defining the HTTP option
Definition of 2 terminal profiles for the support of DVB-S and DVB-S2 (link to DVB-S2 page)
Definition of 2 terminal profiles for DVB-S2: Constant Coding and Modulation (CCM), Variable Coding and Modulation/Adaptive Coding and Modulation (VCM/ACM, which includes CCM support)

The latest SSR for Version 2 certification include, in addition to Version 1.2, the following features:

Interoperable management and control functionality
Alignment with DVB-RCS specifications EN301790 v1.4.1

SSR documents

SatLabs phase 1 certification program (from september 2005): defining SatLabs v1 profile

SatLabs System Recommendations v1.2 (pdf, 385 kb) defines the SatLabs v1 Profile providing basic interoperability

SatLabs phase 2 certification program (from september 2008): defining SatLabs v1.3 and v2 profiles

SatLabs System Recommendations v1.3 (pdf, 376 kb) is defined as an update of SatLabs v1 Profile, including harmonised QoS and introducing DVB-S2 profiles and I-PEP as an option
SatLabs System Recommendations v2.1 (pdf, 382 kb) is the basis for SatLabs v2 Profile, including harmonised management (SNMP, common MIB, software download) in addition to v1.3
SatLabs System Recommendations - Quality of Service specifications (SSR QoS) (pdf, 275 kb) defines the harmonised QoS functionality (MAC and IP layers). It is referenced by both SSR v1.3 and v2.1.
SatLabs System Recommendations - Management and Control Planes Specifications (SSR M&C) (pdf, 696 kb) defines the harmonised management functionality. It is referenced by SSR v2.1 only.
DVB-RCS Management Information Base (MIB) (pdf, 103 kb) file is an annex to the SSR M&C.