Provision of uplink and transmission facilities for Australia´s digital satellite subscription television service

Author

Mason, T.J.

Author_Institution

Optus Commun., North Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

1995

fDate

14-18 Sep 1995

Firstpage

524

Lastpage

529

Abstract

In 1992 Optus Communications became the second Australian telecommunications carrier, taking over the previously government owned AUSSAT in the process. It inherited two A series craft (Hughes HS 376) and one B series (Hughes HS 601) satellite. The satellites provide domestic interconnections to all five television networks as well as remote area direct to the home services. The system technology is described with reference to the uplink configuration, the terrestrial network and the performance. The specification of the digital transmission system is outlined and the results of the performance measurement are presented

Keywords

digital television; satellite communication; television broadcasting; television networks; A series craft; AUSSAT; Australia; Hughes HS 376; Hughes HS 601; Optus Communications; digital satellite subscription television service; digital transmission system; direct to the home services; domestic interconnections; performance measurement; system technology; telecommunications carrier; television networks; terrestrial network; transmission facilities; uplink configuration; uplink facilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Broadcasting Convention, 1995. IBC 95., International

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-85296-644-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19951004

Filename

475460