This book was created to provide the man in the field, be he a transmitter network planner, a service technician at a transmitter site, a technician responsible for MPEG-2 encoders and multiplexers in a studio or a playout center, an engineer working in a development laboratory or even a student, with an insight into the technology and measuring techniques of digital television. It concentrates deliberately on the practical things of importance and attempts to include as little mathematical "ballast" as possible.

Application-oriented book on one of the hottest topics in telecommunications Special emphasis is on measurement techniques Includes the new formats MPEG-4 und IPTV Gives an outlook to newest standards like DVB-SH and DVB-T2 Written by an industrial expert with years of experience in training engineers in this technology Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Analog Television.- The MPEG Data Stream.- Digital Video Signal According to ITU-BT.R.601 (CCIR 601).- High Definition Television HDTV.- Transforms to and from the Frequency Domain.- MPEG-2 Video Coding.- Compression of Audio Signals to MPEG and Dolby Digital.- Teletext, Subtitles and VPS for DVB.- A Comparison of Digital Video Standards.- Measurements on the MPEG-2 Transport Stream.- Picture Quality Analysis of Digital TV Signals.- Basic Principles of Digital Modulation.- Transmitting Digital Television Signals by Satellite DVB-S/S2.- 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 (COFDM).- Terrestrial Transmission of Digital Television Signals (DVB-T).- Measuring DVB-T Signals.- DVB-H/DVB-SH Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds.- Digital Terrestrial TV to North American ATSC Standard.- ATSC/8VSB Measurements.- Digital Terrestrial Television according to ISDB-T.- Digital Audio Broadcasting - DAB.- DVB Data Services: MHP and SSU.- T-DMB.- IPTV Television over the Internet.- DRM Digital Radio Mondiale.- Digital Terrestrial TV Networks in Practice.- DTMB.- Return Channel Techniques.- Display Technologies.- The New Generation of DVB Standards.- Baseband Signals for DVB-x2.- DVB-T2.- DVB-C2 the New DVB Broadband Cable Standard.- DVB-x2 Measuring Techniques.- CMMB Chinese Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting.- Other Transmission Standards.- Digital Television throughout the World - an Overview.