Digital Television: A Practical Guide for Engineers

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Analog Television....Pages 7-10
The MPEG Data Stream....Pages 11-41
Digital Video Signal According to ITU-BT.R.601 (CCIR 601)....Pages 43-46
Transforms to and from the Frequency Domain....Pages 47-64
MPEG-2 Video Coding....Pages 65-89
Compression of Audio Signals to MPEG and Dolby Digital....Pages 91-105
Teletext Transmission to DVB....Pages 107-109
A Comparison of Digital Video Standards....Pages 111-121
Measurements on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream....Pages 123-137
Picture Quality Analysis of Digital TV Signals....Pages 139-148
Digital Modulation Basics....Pages 149-169
Transmitting Digital Television Signals by Satellite — DVB-S....Pages 171-193
DVB-S Measuring Technology....Pages 195-202
Broadband Cable Transmission of Digital TV Signal (DVB-C)....Pages 203-211
Broadband Cable Transmission According to ITU-T J83B....Pages 213-214
Measuring Digital TV Signals in the Broadband Cable....Pages 215-234
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM)....Pages 235-255
The Terrestrial Transmission of Digital Television Signals (DVB-T)....Pages 257-301
Measuring DVB-T Signals....Pages 303-329
Digital Terrestrial TV to North American ATSC Standard....Pages 331-347
ATSC/8VSB Measurements....Pages 349-355
Digital Terrestrial Television according to ISDB-T....Pages 357-359
Digital Television throughout the World — an Overview....Pages 361-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-394