Client-server system for monitoring the quality of TV broadcasting in Russia

The strategy for the development of television and radio broadcasting in the Russian Federation until 2025 specifically states the need to ensure the reliability of uninterrupted television and radio broadcasting. The quality of DVB-T2 broadcasting is estimated by the data transmission rate and the bit error rate BER (Bit Error Ratio) stability margin «at the last mile» in the retransmitters’ broadcast zones. The distributed client-server system of broadcast quality monitoring in RF, proposed in the article, uses the necessary equipment, including BER sensors based on programmable receivers combined with single-board microcomputers implemented on SoC processors. Collection and processing of data in broadcasting areas with the help of the proposed monitoring system will allow specialists engaged in practical network development to make an objective conclusion about the necessity and ways of SFN network reconstruction to provide uninterrupted TV and radio broadcasting in RF. Modernization and technical re-equipment of SFN networks will provide a solution to the problems related to certification of satellite earth stations and transmitters of SFN networks, provision of various services and broadcasting services of DVB-T2 standard to the population with high quality.