Video quality monitoring by using satellite receiver bit error rate

This paper aims to determine the video quality dependence on Bit Error Rate measured at the end user satellite receiver, through experimental measurements performed on satellite broadcasted television channels. The results proved that if the Bit Error Rate is below a threshold value the video quality is very good. The threshold value depends on the broadcasting and video compression standards and on the video content type. By using these threshold values, the satellite television service providers are able to monitor the video quality at the end user terminal by monitoring the Quality of Service parameters and mainly the Bit Error Rate, without using measurement solutions that involve expensive Perceptual Video Quality and Quality of Experience field monitoring equipment.