DBS program distribution network in local area through optical fiber

Hiroaki Ikeda, J. Li, N.A. Rabou, E. Tsuchiya, Kazunari Nishimura, K. Awoki, H. Yoshida, S. Shinohara

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics · 1991 · 13 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

The authors describe a novel optical fiber audio/video signal transmission system for distributing DBS (direct broadcast satellite) programs to the displays/receivers in a local area where there is not enough space to install antennas for each receiver. A customer who has a DBS receiver but no space for setting up an antenna can receive the DBS programs through the optical fiber system. A customer who has no DBS receiver can also receive the DBS programs on a video display through the optical fiber system. The differential gain and differential phase of the transmission system for a video signal were under 3% and 3 degrees, respectively. The distortion factor for an audio signal was under 0.08% in mode A and 0.02% in mode B. The SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) of a video signal was above 45 dB (unweighed) and the SNR for an audio signal was above 60 dB in mode A and 70 dB in mode B.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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