DVB-S2X
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DVB-S2X is a digital satellite television broadcast standard.
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DVB-S2X is an extension of DVB-S2 satellite digital broadcasting standard. It was standardized by DVB Project[1] in March 2014 as an optional extension of DVB-S2 standard.[2] It became an ETSI standard.[3]
Main features
[edit]DVB-S2X increased efficiency up to 51% over DVB-S2.[4]
Improvements include:
- Higher order modulation schemes (64/128/256APSK)
- Smaller roll-off factors of 5%, 10% and 15%
- Improved filtering enabling smaller carrier spacing
- Channel bonding in order to combine several carriers, increasing efficiency in 'Direct-To-Home' (DTH) applications
Channel bonding helps, particularly for UHDTV services. Statistical multiplexing is often used to allow more television services to fit into a single satellite channel. Statistical multiplexing works best when many television channels can share bandwidth. With UHDTV services, it may be possible to fit only 3 services in a single satellite channel, which reduces the effectiveness of statistical multiplexing. Bonding channels increases the number UHDTV services within the bonded channel, allowing statistical multiplexing to work more efficiently.
Because of a lack of backwards compatibility with DVB-S2 decoders, Belgian company Newtec developed the 'DVB-S2plus/Extensions' technology.
Use cases
[edit]A possible use case is the launch of UHDTV-1 (e.g., 4k) television services in Ku-/Ka-band with HEVC encoding. [5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "DVB - The global standard for digital television - Home". DVB. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "DVB-S2X". DVB Project.
- ^ "DVB-S2X specification receives approval from steering board" (PDF).
- ^ "DVB-S2x demystified". Newtec.
- ^ ref, p7