DVB-S2X

DVB-S2X is an extension of DVB-S2 satellite digital broadcasting standard.

DVB-S2X is a digital satellite television broadcast standard. It has been standardised by DVB Project in March 2014 as an optional extension of DVB-S2 standard.[1] It will also become an ETSI standard.[2]

Main features

Compared to DVB-S2, efficiency gains up to 51% can be achieved with DVB-S2X.[3]

Amongst improvements are:

Use cases

In particular for DTH, a possible use case is the launch of UHDTV-1 (e.g. 4k) television services in Ku-/Ka-band that will adopt HEVC encoding. (ref,p7)

See also

References

  1. "DVB-S2X". DVB Project.
  2. "DVB-S2X specification receives approval from steering broad" (PDF).
  3. "DVB-S2x demystified". Newtec.
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