OPEX Reduction Example
1 SD Channel:
SD 4Mb MPEG-2 Chan. SD 4Mb MPEG-2 Chan. SD 2Mb MPEG-4 Chan.
DVB-S DVB-S2 DVB-S2
QPSK 3/4 Rate FEC 8PSK 3/4 Rate FEC 8PSK 3/4 Rate FEC
Requires 2.9MHz BW Requires 1.8MHz BW Requires 0.9MHz BW
@ $2,500 per Mhz / Month @ $2,500 per Mhz / Month @ $2,500 per Mhz / Month
$7,250 per Month $4,500 per Month $2,250 per Month
Equals $87,000 / Year Equals $54,000 / Year Equals $27,000 / Year
No Savings $33,000 Savings / Year $60,000 Savings / Year
Just moving to DVB-S2
Move to DVB-S2 and
using MPEG-4 Coding
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