@conference {ICSSC{\textquoteright}03, title = {Link Performance for Mobile Satellite Based Services in Ku-Band}, booktitle = {AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC)}, year = {2003}, month = {April 15-19}, address = {Yokohama, Japan}, keywords = {Digital Communications, satellite communications}, author = {Giorgio Sciascia and Sandro Scalise and Harald Ernst and Marcos {\'A}lvarez-D{\'\i}az and Matthias Holzbock and Rodolfo Mura} }