The UK D-MAC/packet standard for DBS

Author

Gardiner, Paul N.

Author_Institution

Independent Broadcasting Authority, Winchester, UK

Volume

34

Issue

1

fYear

1988

fDate

2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

128

Lastpage

136

Abstract

The United Kingdom standard for direct broadcasting by satellite (DBS) is described. A multiplexed analog component (MAC) vision format was devised to overcome the inherent limitations of PAL. The resulting D-MAC/packet system offers improved pictures compared to PAL, together with rugged high-quality digital sound, secure encryption, the flexibility to provide widescreen pictures and, in the future, higher definition. The system is evolutionary in concept, and can be used in conjunction with existing television displays. The single-wire baseband format of D-MAC/packet takes up a bandwidth of approximately 8.5 MHz. It consists of time-compressed components of the luminance and color-difference vision signals, together with a 20.25 Mb/s digital data burst in duobinary form. Frequency modulation is applied for satellite transmission, while for distribution on cable networks, vestigial sideband amplitude modulation can be used

Keywords

cathode-ray tube displays; direct broadcasting by satellite; multiplexing; packet switching; television standards; television systems; 20.25 Mbit/s; 8.5 MHz; AM; D-MAC/packet; DBS; FM; UK; United Kingdom; cable networks; colour difference vision signals; digital data burst; duobinary form; flexibility; high-quality digital sound; luminance; multiplexed analog component; secure encryption; single-wire baseband format; standard; television displays; time-compressed components; vestigial sideband amplitude modulation; widescreen pictures; Acoustic noise; Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Baseband; Colored noise; Frequency modulation; Satellite broadcasting; Signal to noise ratio; TV; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.75369

Filename

75369