DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) Return Channel via Satellite (DVB-RCS), recently published as an ETSI standard, forms the specification for the provision of the interaction channel for satellite interactive networks with fixed return channel satellite terminals (RCST). 

DVB-RCS networks build the platform for high-speed networks supporting all kinds of broadband services running on the Internet, such as broadband web-access, streaming video etc. DVB-RCS allows for cost efficient broadband satellite transmit and receive links. The system typically consists of a central RCS-Gateway for broadcast uplink and remote RCS-Terminal stations to connect the customers interactively to the network.

DVB-RCS systems are scalable. A simple, single-gateway DVB-RCS system might serve up to thousands of users, whilst a distributed gateway architecture DVB-RCS system might provide integrated services to several hundred thousand users.

DVB-RCS may well become a global satellite standard.

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