Digital Television: A Practical Guide for Engineers

by Walter Fischer

1 Introduction.- 2 Analog Television.- 3 The MPEG Data Stream.- 4 Digital Video Signal According to ITU-BT.R.601 (CCIR 601).- 5 Transforms to and from the Frequency Domain.- 6 MPEG-2 Video Coding.- 7 Compression of Audio Signals to MPEG and Dolby Digital.- 8 Teletext Transmission to DVB.- 9 A Comparison of Digital Video Standards.- 10 Measurements on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream.- 11 Picture Quality Analysis of Digital TV Signals.- 12 Digital Modulation Basics.- 13 Transmitting Digital Television Signals by Satellite - DVB-S.- 14 DVB-S Measuring Technology.- 15 Broadband Cable Transmission of Digital TV Signal (DVB-C).- 16 Broadband Cable Transmission According to ITU-T J83B.- 17 Measuring Digital TV Signals in the Broadband Cable.- 18 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM).- 19 The Terrestrial Transmission of DTV Signals (DVB-T).- 20 Measuring DVB-T Signals.- 21 Digital Terrestrial TV to North American ATSC Standard.- 22 ATSC/8VSB Measurements.- 23 Digital Terrestrial Television according to ISDB-T.- 24 Digital Television throughout the World - an Overview.- Definition of Terms.

412 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

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[Lattesb · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most useful handbook in this topic. Clear, and easy to read!!!