scope:

The present document evaluates the feasibility to use W-CDMA UTRA FDD as a satellite radio interface for provision of Satellite Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (S-MBMS).

The Technical Specifications for the W-CDMA UTRA FDD has been developed in the framework of the third Generation Partnership project (3GPP). The analysis for applicability to satellite is based on 3GPP standards as defined from [6] to [29].

The procedure and methodology used for the evaluation of W-CDMA UTRA FDD as a Satellite Radio Interface are those defined in the Recommendations from ITU-R and which have been used for the evaluation of the radio transmission technologies candidate for the satellite component of UMTS/IMT-2000:

• ITU-R Recommendation M.1455: "Key characteristics for the radio interfaces of the International Mobile Telecommunications- 2000 (IMT-2000)" [3];
• ITU-R Recommendation M.1225: "Guidelines for evaluation of radio transmission technology for IMT-2000" [2].