ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The seminar report submission that is a part of final year curriculum is aimed at
providing experience on exploring the new technology, presenting and practical
exposure. During the course of searching for the topic I become familiar to some
new technologies and trends developing and being followed up in the present
Electronics Industry.

Now that the report is complete, I feel my duty to thank all those who have directly
or indirectly helped us to cross several hurdles.

I owe a debt of gratitude to Er.Amit Goyal, Head of Department of Electronics and

Communication Engineering for his esteemed guidance and for providing full
liberty to search for this topic.

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 PREFACE

The Seminar report has been developed as a part of the B.Tech curriculum that
KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY require its students to undergo in the 8 th
semester. The purpose of the seminar is to familiarize the students with the new
technologies and trends in the present Electronics and Communication field and
how they present themselves more effectively.

All the important topics related to the seminar report and the ones, which are
essential for the knowledge of the entire system, have been explained to the
minutest details.

I hope that after I deliver the seminar on this topic we all will be well equipped
with enough knowledge so that it can benefit us in the future as engineers who
have to work in related industry.

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 ABSTRACT

DTH is no new technology and it has matured to its full potential in other
parts of the world. There are many applications been found everyday for
exploitation of benefits of DTH? The word ‘DTH’ is synonymous with
transmission of digital video channel to home subscriber’s using a small dish
antenna.
The DTH utilizes a technology which enables a home to receive high
speed internet broadband access data communication, voice over internet protocol
(IP) telephony and much more using an open standard Digital Video Broadcasting
(DVB) technology. The video channels are received with a suitable set top box
capable of demodulating Motion Picture Engineering Group (MPEG-2) standard
videos.
Hardware compatible with DVB-RCS technology are readily available in
the market in both Ku-band and C-band. DVB-RCS is an international open
standard for multimedia satellite network where the return data rates in access of 2
Mbps are possible using low cost user terminals. The forward ink is usually at 40
Mbps.

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 INDEX
Acknowledgement i
Preface ii
Abstract iii

1. Introduction 1
2. Overview of DTH Systems 2

3. How DTH works 3

4. The Components 5
5. The Programming 6
6. The Broadcast Centre 7
Compression 8
Encryption and Transmission 9
Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG) 11
7. Satellite 12
8. Communication Channel and Bandwidth 14
9. Receive Terminals 15
Satellite receiving antenna 15
Offset-feed antenna 17
Dish Materials and Constructions 20
Low Noise Block-down convertor (LNB) 20
10. Set-Top-Box 23
11. DTH Application 24
12. DTH Benefits 25
13. Conclusion 26

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14. References 27