Performance improvement techniques for the DVB-RCS2 return link air interface

1Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece 2Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 3Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK 4Department of Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University of Athens, Kallithea, Greece 5Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Penteli, Greece