Digital Video and Audio Broadcasting Technology

Offers an application-oriented book on digital TV Addresses many new features of digital broadcasting like UHDTV, 4K , HEVC / H.265 Focusses on measurement technique and measuring practise

Autorentext

Walter Fischer, Dipl.Ing.(FH), born 2.6.1961, Studies of Electrical Engineering 1979-83, diploma thesis in technique of TV measurement at Prof. Mäusl, FH München. Since 1985 employed at Rohde&Schwarz Munich. Until 1999 in the area of development of technique of TV measurement. Since 1999 coach at Rohde&Schwarz Training Center Munich for the sector analog and digital technique of TV. Numerous seminars in the field of DVB world wide (more than 3000 participants).

Inhalt

Preface to the Fourth Edition.- Introduction.- Analog Television.- The MPEG-2 Data Stream.- Digital Videosignal according to ITU-BT.R601 (CCIR601).- Video Signal Formats for HDTV and UHDTV.- Transformations to and from the Frequency Domain.- Video Coding (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, HEVC).- Audio Coding.- Teletext, Subtitles and VPS for DVB.- Teletext, Subtitles and VPS for DVB.- Physical AV Interface Signals.- Measurements on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream.- Picture Qualtity Analysis of Digital TV Signals.- Basic Principles of Digital Modulation.- Transmitting Digital TV Signals by Satellite DVB-S/S2/S2X.- DVB-S/S2 Measuring Technology.- Broadband Cable Transmission According to DVB-C.- Broadband Cable Transmission According to ITU-T J83B (US) .- Measuring Digital TV Signals in the Broadband Cable.- Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (CODFM) .- Terrestrial Transmission of Digital TV Signals (DVB-T) .- Measuring DVB-T Signals.- DVB-H/DVB-SH Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds.- Digital terrestrial TV according to North American ATSC.- ATSC/8VSB Measurements.- Digital Terrestrial TV according to ISDB-T.- Digital Audio Broadcasting DAB/DAB+.- DVB Dataservices MHP and SSU.- T-DMB.- IPTV Television over the Internet.- DRM Digital Radio Mondiale.- Single-Frequency Networks in DVB-T in Practice.- Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcasting DTMB (China) .- DOCSIS Data over Cable System Interface Specification.- Display Technologies.- The New Generation of DVB Standards.- Baseband Signals for DVB-x2.- DVB-T2.- DVB-C2.- DVB-T2 Measurement Technology.- VHF FM Radio.- Other Transmission Standards.- Digital Dividend.- 3DTV-Three-Dimensional Television.- Broadcast over Internet, HbbTV, Streaming, OTT.- Studio, Playout, Headend and Distribution Network.- Terrestrial Broadcast Transmitters and Transmitter Stations.- ATSC3.0.- LTE/5G-based Broadcast.- Outlook.- Bibliography.- Definition of Terms.- Channel Tables.- Index.