Digital DBS system design and implementation for TV and data broadcasting using Koreasat

Author

Sohn, W. ; Kwon, O.H. ; Chae, J.S.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejon, South Korea

Volume

44

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

316

Lastpage

323

Abstract

A digital DBS system was developed in order to provide TV and data broadcasting services over the Korean Peninsula using Koreasat. The system was designed and implemented to have studio quality video, CD quality audio, a multilingual broadcasting service, closed captioning service, 4×3/16×9 picture aspect ratio, data services supporting up to 2 Mbps, 99.99% system availability, 99% link availability at the worst month, and pay-channel broadcasting with 500 million subscribers. This paper introduces its functional requirements, system design, and implementation

Keywords

data communication; digital television; direct broadcasting by satellite; television broadcasting; CD quality audio; Korean Peninsula; Koreasat; TV broadcasting; closed captioning service; data broadcasting; data services; digital DBS system design; link availability; multilingual broadcasting service; pay-channel broadcasting; picture aspect ratio; studio quality video; system availability; Availability; Digital audio broadcasting; Digital video broadcasting; Frequency; HDTV; Power generation economics; Radio broadcasting; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; TV broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/11.715318

Filename

715318