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SatLabs Test Bed under validation |
 21 December 2004: The test bed that will be used for DVB-RCS terminal interoperability qualification testing is currently undergoing validation testing following its successful integration. The company VeriSat is developing the test bed under a contract from the European Space Agency. The test bed is an essential tool for executing the SatLabs terminal qualification testing.
It has been developed as an independent test system with a dedicated design for terminal testing. The test bed offers all the necessary functionality to perform the certification tests and is designed to be upgradeable to support future DVB-RCS enhancements such as DVB-S2 and future interoperability requirements. The qualification tests are described in the SatLabs DVB-RCS Compliance and Interoperability  Outline Test Plan (pdf, 637kb), which is based on the DVB-RCS standard and the SatLabs System Recommendations (pdf, 234kb). The validation testing should be completed by the end of December. A formal acceptance testing will be carried out at the beginning of January 2005. The test bed will then be declared operational and transferred to the appointed SatLabs Qualification Laboratory. The Norwegian company VeriSat was established in 2002 with the mission of offering DVB-RCS test equipment. The VeriSat DVB-RCS Forward Link Analyser is now used by more than 10 companies and has become the industry standard for DVB-RCS signalling verification. |