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Single Channel Per Carrier

Single channel per carrier (SCPC) refers to using a single signal at a given frequency and bandwidth, most often used on broadcast satellites. It dedicates the entire satellite bandwidth to a single source, which is efficient for continuous broadcasts like radio but not burst transmissions. SCPC is essentially frequency-division multiple access technology. While simple and reliable, it does not efficiently use satellite bandwidth for intermittent transmissions. Multiple channels per carrier (MCPC) combines several signals into a single transmission using time-division multiplexing, allowing multiple channels to share bandwidth.

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Single Channel Per Carrier

Single channel per carrier (SCPC) refers to using a single signal at a given frequency and bandwidth, most often used on broadcast satellites. It dedicates the entire satellite bandwidth to a single source, which is efficient for continuous broadcasts like radio but not burst transmissions. SCPC is essentially frequency-division multiple access technology. While simple and reliable, it does not efficiently use satellite bandwidth for intermittent transmissions. Multiple channels per carrier (MCPC) combines several signals into a single transmission using time-division multiplexing, allowing multiple channels to share bandwidth.

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Single channel per carrier (SCPC) refers to


using a single signal at a given frequency
and bandwidth. Most often, this is used on
broadcast satellites to indicate that radio
stations are not multiplexed as subcarriers
onto a single video carrier, but instead
independently share a transponder. It may
also be used on other communications
satellites, or occasionally on non-satellite
transmissions.

In an SCPC system, satellite bandwidth is


dedicated to a single source. This makes
sense if it is being used for something like
satellite radio, which broadcasts
continuously. Another very common
application is voice, where a small amount
of fixed bandwidth is required. However, it
does not make sense for burst
transmissions like satellite internet access
or telemetry, since a customer would have
to pay for the satellite bandwidth even
when they were not using it.

Where multiple access is concerned, SCPC


is essentially FDMA. Some applications
use SCPC instead of TDMA, because they
require guaranteed, unrestricted
bandwidth. As satellite TDMA technology
improves however, the applications for
SCPC are becoming more limited.

Advantages
simple and reliable technology
low-cost equipment
any bandwidth (up to a full transponder)
usually 64 kbit/s to 50 Mbit/s
easy to add additional receive sites
(earth stations)

Disadvantages
inefficient use of satellite bandwidth for
burst transmissions, typically
encountered with packet data
transmission
usually requires on-site control
When used in remote locations, the
transmitting dish must be protected.

MCPC
With multiple channels per carrier
(MCPC), several subcarriers are combined
or multiplexed into a single bitstream
before being modulated onto a carrier
transmitted from a single location to one
or more remote sites. This uses time-
division multiplexing (TDM) as well as
frequency-division multiplexing. It is a
retronym of sorts, as it was the only way
radio networks were transmitted
("piggybacked" on television networks)
until SCPC.

In digital radio and digital television, an


ensemble or other multiplex or
multichannel stations can be considered
MCPC, though the term is generally only
applied to satellites.
The major disadvantage of MCPC is that
all of the signals must be sent to a single
place first, then combined for
retransmission — a major reason for using
SCPC instead.

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