An analysis on the performance of the forward and return interaction channels in DVB-RCS

The next generation consumer level interactive services require reliable and constant communication for both mobile and static users. The Digital Video Broadcasting ( DVB) group has exploited the rapidly increasing satellite technology for the provision of interactive services and launched a standard called Digital Video Broadcast through Return Channel Satellite (DYB-RCS). DVB-RCS relies on DVB-Satellite (DVB-S) for the provision of forward channel. The Digital Signal processing (DSP) implemented in the satellite channel adapter block of these standards use powerful channel coding and modulation techniques. The investigation is concentrated towards the Forward Error Correction (FEC) of the satellite channel adapter block, which will help in determining, how the technology copes with the varying channel conditions and user requirements(1)

Wavelet and multiwavelet watermarking

The main objective of the paper is to provide a like-with-like performance comparison between the wavelet domain and the multiwavelet domain watermarking, under a variety of attacks. The investigation is restricted to balanced multiwavelets. Furthermore, for multiwavelet domain watermarking, both wavelet-style and multiwavelet-style embedding are investigated. It was shown that none of the investigated techniques performs best across the board. The wavelet-style multiwavelet technique is best suited for compression attacks, whereas scalar wavelets are superior under cropping and scaling. The multiwavelet-style multiwavelet is far superior under low-pass filtering. On the basis of these results, it was concluded that for attacks which are likely to affect mid-range frequencies, the wavelets are more suitable than multiwavelets, whereas for attacks which are likely to affect low frequencies or high frequencies, the multiwavelets are the best choice. Furthermore, the multiwavelets generally offer better visual quality than scalar wavelets, for the same peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR). This suggests that part of the available channel capacity remains unused, and shows once more the potential of multiwavelets for digital watermarking