Cost Increase Due to UHD Video Broadcasting Compared to HD

It is well known that the television industry has been working passionately to bring ultrahigh-definition (UHD) video content to the viewer's home. 4K production cameras, broadcast equipment, and television sets are ready to go, but the actual transmission of the UHD content is yet to begin due to transmission cost constraints. Therefore, in this paper, the cost increase due to UHD video transmission is compared to HD, using signal quality parameters, in a Rician Fading Channel. Results show that the increase in cost for UHD video transmission is negligible when transmitted through 8PSK but is significant for Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK).