Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Networks


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Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Networks approachs the existing framework for digital terrrestrial broadcasting, particularly the results of the Regional Radiocommunication Conference held in 2006. That conference established a new frequency plan for Europe, Africa and parts of Asia for digital terrestrial broadcasting. The book introduces the currently existing terrestrial broadcasting systems as well as the regulatory framework by which they can begin operating. Most importantly the book explains details of the GE06 Agreement, particularly Articles 4 and 5. It also discusses the frequency plan itself and the constraints it has been derived under. The book addresses the implementation of the GE06 Plan, which leads directly to all issues related to network planning and optimization of networks. Finally, the future development of the Plan and the digital dividend is addressed. This covers issues like sharing the UHF spectrum with mobile communication services and also touches upon the World Radio Conference 07 to be held in the fall in Geneva.




Digital Video and Audio Broadcasting Technology


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This essential text for any technician in broadcasting deals with all the most important digital television, sound radio and multimedia standards. The book provides an in-depth look at these subjects in terms of practical experience. In addition it contains chapters on the basics of technologies such as analog television, digital modulation, COFDM or mathematical transformations between time and frequency domains. The attention in each respective field under discussion is focused on aspects of measuring techniques and of measuring practice, in each case consolidating the knowledge imparted with numerous practical examples. Since the entire field of electrical communications technology is traversed in a wide arc, those who are students in this field are not excluded either.




Frequency Assignment and Network Planning for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Systems


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Frequency Assignment and Network Planning for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Systems focuses on Digital Audio Broadcasting and Digital Video Broadcasting. The author provides a concise introduction to the subject and presents principles, concepts and commonly accepted methods used in the planning process. The frequency assignment material focuses on allotment planning while network planning is dealt with mainly from a network optimization perspective. All methods introduced and mathematical tools presented are fully explained. General concepts are illustrated with the help of several planning scenarios both for frequency assignment and network planning. Frequency assignment and network planning are vital issues throughout most of Europe and North America as a direct consequence of the increasing demand for digital communication systems.




DVB


Book Description

This second edition provides first-hand information about the most recent developments in the exciting and fast moving field of telecommunications media and consumer electronics. The DVB group developed the standards which are being used in Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia, and many other parts of the world. Some 150 major TV broadcasting companies as well as suppliers for technical equipment are members of the project. This standard is expected to be accepted for worldwide digital HDTV broadcasting. This book is readable for non-experts with a background in analog transmission, and demonstrates the fascinating possibilities of digital technology. For the second edition, the complete text has been up-dated thoroughly. The latest DVB standards are included in three new sections on Interactive Television, Data Broadcasting, and The Multimedia Home Platform.




The Digital Dividend of Terrestrial Broadcasting


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The “digital revolution” of the last two decades has pervaded innumerable aspects of our daily lives and changed our planet irreversibly. The shift from analog to digital broadcasting has facilitated a seemingly infinite variety of new applications—audience interactivity being but one example. The greater efficiency and compression of digital media have endowed broadcasters with a “digital dividend” of spare transmission capacity over and above the requirements of terrestrial broadcasting. The question is, who will use it, and how? Comparing the European experience with that of broadcasters elsewhere in the world, the author sketches the current status of international frequency management, quantifies the value of the “dividend” itself, analyzes the details of the analog-to-digital switchovers already completed, and posits what the future holds for the sector. As we grapple with new devices, inconceivable a mere generation ago, that allow us to access digital media instantly, anywhere and at any time of day, this book is a potent reminder that what we have witnessed so far may be just the first wavering steps along a road whose destination we can only guess at.




Digital Television Systems


Book Description

A concise yet detailed guide to the standards applying to fixed-line and mobile digital television and the underlying principles involved.




Digital Television


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Writing for readers with a background in electronics, some knowledge of analog television, and a basic digital background, Benoit (Philips Semiconductors, France) intends this book as a summary and starting point rather than a handbook for experts. He describes the complex problems that had to be solved in order to define reliable standards for broadcasting digital pictures, and he explains the solutions chosen for the European digital video broadcasting (DVB) system based on the international MPEG-2 compression standard. The book ends with a description of a digital integrated receiver decoder, or set-top box, and a discussion of future prospects. Adapted and translated by the author from a 1996 work published in French (Paris: Dunod). The second edition adds a chapter on software interoperability. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.




Multimedia and Interactive Digital TV: Managing the Opportunities Created by Digital Convergence


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"Addressing the issues that managers in the multimedia industry have confronted while developing and implementing this innovative technology, this book focuses on the latest research and findings in digital television technologies. Covered are the major issues surrounding digital convergence including the digital metamarket and new digital media devices and their potential for IT convergence at the macro level. Also addressed are multimedia and interactive digital television and the economic implications of these technologies. Additionally, the managerial implications of interactive digital television are covered, including branding strategies for digital television channels and the critical role of content media management."




Video Error Concealment Techniques for Multi-Broadcast Reception of Digital TV


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Abstract The transmission of digital TV signals to mobile receivers is often error-prone. As most TV broadcasting techniques provide only moderate error robustness, horizontal lines of consecutive image blocks are lost during decoding of the received video signals. In order to ensure high viewing experiences, these lost slices have to be filled by error concealment techniques. However, the reconstruction qualities of classical approaches which exploit spatial, temporal, or spatio-temporal signal correlations are not convincing yet. In the future, mobile TV receivers will support different broadcasting techniques in parallel. As a result, an erroneous high-resolution video signal and a correctly received low-resolution video signal, both representing the same TV service, will often be available. Focusing on the outlined scenario for multi-broadcast reception of digital TV signals, this thesis introduces the novel category of inter-sequence error concealment algorithms. The basic idea is to fill lost slices of the high-resolution video signal by the interpolated low-resolution video signal. Since the images of this reference signal are often cropped and delayed, robust spatio-temporal image alignment is crucial. By including a pixel-based or a feature-based alignment scheme, the proposed concealment algorithms provide excellent visual qualities and outstanding reconstruction qualities of up to 41 dB PSNR. Classical concealment techniques are outperformed by up to 15 dB PSNR. To further enhance the reconstruction quality, several extensions are introduced. First, the alignment robustness and the interpolation quality are increased. Subsequently, a classical temporal approach is incorporated as an alternative concealment mode to cope with low image qualities of the reference signal. Novel aspects include robust mode selection, enhanced motion estimation, and the reconstruction of the displaced frame differences from the reference signal. As a last extension, spatial refinement tackles blurring of concealed image blocks. Missing spectral components are recovered in a frequency selective way based on approximation and extrapolation principles. By combining all relevant extensions, the PSNR gain adds up to 20 dB with respect to classical concealment. Finally, inter-sequence error concealment is adapted to multi-broadcast reception of two erroneous high-resolution video signals. While spatial alignment can be omitted, classical concealment of blocks, being lost in both video signals, and drift compensation in predictively-coded frames are novel aspects. Again, high visual qualities are obtained and classical concealment is outperformed by up to 15 dB PSNR. Zusammenfassung Der Empfang digitaler Fernsehsignale mit mobilen Endgeräten wird meist durch Übertragungsfehler gestört. Da viele der eingesetzten Übertragungsstandards nur unzureichende Korrekturmechanismen bieten, können bei der Decodierung der empfangenen Videosignale Blockzeilenverluste auftreten. Um die Verlustgebiete zu verschleiern, werden üblicherweise zeitliche, örtliche oder zeitlich-örtliche Signalkorrelationen ausgenutzt. Die dabei erzielte Rekonstruktionsqualität ist jedoch häufig nicht zufriedenstellend. Zukünftig werden mobile Fernsehempfänger mehrere Übertragungsstandards parallel unterstützen. Durch den Einsatz dieser Mehrfachempfänger ist jedes Fernsehprogramm typischerweise in Form eines gestörten, hochauflösenden Videosignals und eines ungestörten, niedrigauflösenden Videosignals verfügbar. Ausgehend vom Mehrfachempfang digitaler Fernsehsignale wird in dieser Arbeit eine neue Gruppe von Verfahren zur Fehlerverschleierung beschrieben. Die grundlegende Idee dieser Ansätze besteht darin, verlorene Bildblöcke des hochauflösenden Videosignals durch Blöcke des interpolierten niedrigauflösenden Referenzsignals zu ersetzen. Da das Referenzsignal häufig nur Bildausschnitte zeigt und zudem meist zeitverzögert eintrifft, ist die korrekte Bestimmung der örtlichen Abbildungsparameter und des zeitlichen Versatzes ausschlaggebend für eine hochqualitative Verschleierung. Durch den Einsatz bildbasierter oder merkmalsbasierter Schätzverfahren werden eine exzellente visuelle Bildqualität und eine außergewöhnlich hohe Rekonstruktionsqualität erzielt. Der Spitzensignal-Rauschabstand beträgt bis zu 41 dB. Herkömmliche Verfahren werden um bis 15 dB übertroffen. Um die Rekonstruktionsqualität weiter zu erhöhen werden zahlreiche Erweiterungen der beschriebenen Verschleierungsansätze vorgeschlagen. Zuerst werden die Zuverlässigkeit der Parameterschätzung und die Interpolationsqualität verbessert. Danach wird ein herkömmliches zeitliches Verschleierungsverfahren integriert, um eine niedrige Bildqualität des Referenzsignals zu kompensieren. Neue Aspekte sind dabei die robuste Wahl des besseren Verschleierungsmodus, eine verbesserte Bewegungsschätzung und die Rekonstruktion des Prädiktionsfehlers unter Verwendung des Referenzsignals. Zuletzt wird die Bildschärfe bereits verschleierter Blöcke erhöht. Dazu werden fehlende Spektralanteile basierend auf frequenzselektiven Approximations- oder Extrapolationsansätzen wiederhergestellt. Durch die Kombination aller relevanten Erweiterungen wird die Rekonstruktionsqualität herkömmlicher Verfahren um bis zu 20 dB übertroffen. Abschließend werden die beschriebenen Fehlerverschleierungsverfahren an ein Szenario für den Mehrfachempfang digitaler Fernsehsignale angepasst, bei dem zwei fehlerhafte hochauflösende Videosignale verfügbar sind. Während die Schätzung der örtlichen Abbildungsparameter entfällt, müssen Bildblöcke, die in keinem der beiden Videosignale korrekt empfangen wurden, durch herkömmliche Verfahren verschleiert werden. Als weitere Neuerung wird ein Verfahren zur Kompensation des Drifteffekts in prädiktiv codierten Bildern vorgeschlagen. Auch bei diesem Empfangsszenario wird eine hohe visuelle Bildqualität erzielt und die Rekonstruktionsqualität herkömmlicher Verfahren um bis zu 15 dB übertroffen.




Digital Audio Broadcasting


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Now the standardisation work of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting)system is finished many broadcast organisations, network providersand receiver manufacturers in European countries and outside ofEurope (for example Canada and the Far East) will be installing DABbroadcast services as pilot projects or public services. Inaddition some value added services (data and video services) areunder development or have already started as pilot projects. The new digital broadcast system DAB distinguishes itself fromexisting conventional broadcast systems, and the various newinternational standards and related documents (from ITU-R, ISO/IEC,ETSI, EBU, EUREKA147, and others) are not readily available and aredifficult to read for users. Therefore it is essential that a wellstructured technical handbook should be available. The Second Edition of Digital Audio Broadcasting has beenfully updated with new sections and chapters added to reflect allthe latest developments and advances. Digital Audio Broadcasting: Provides a fully updated comprehensive overview of DAB Covers international standards, applications and othertechnical issues Combines the expertise of leading researchers in the field ofDAB Now covers such new areas as: IP-Tunneling via DAB; ElectronicProgramme Guide for DAB; and Metadata A comprehensive overview of DAB specifically written forplanning and system engineers, developers for professional anddomestic equipment manufacturers, service providers, as well aspostgraduate students and lecturers in communicationstechnology.