DVB-S2X
Extension of DVB-S2
DVB-S2X is a digital satellite television broadcast standard.
DVB-S2X is an extension of DVB-S2 satellite digital broadcasting standard. It was standardized by DVB Project in March 2014 as an optional extension of DVB-S2 standard. It became an ETSI standard.
01Main features
DVB-S2X increased efficiency up to 51% over DVB-S2.
Improvements include:
- Higher order modulation schemes (64/128/256APSK)
- Smaller roll-off factors of 5%, 10% and 15% (though even legacy DVB-S and DVB-S2 receivers can benefit from it)
- 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 backward compatibility with DVB-S2 decoders, Belgian company Newtec developed the 'DVB-S2plus/Extensions' technology.
02Use cases
Sources and credits
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