Digital television : a practical guide for engineers / Walter Fischer ; translated by H. von Renouard.
| Author/creator | Fischer, Walter, 1961- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Springer, ©2004. |
| Description | xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Signals and communication technology Signals and communication technology. ^A590468 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Analog television -- The MPEG data stream -- Digital video signal according to ITU-BT.R.601 (CCIR 601) -- Transforms to and from the frequency domain -- MPEG-2 video coding -- Compression of audio signals to MPEG and Dolby digital -- Teletext transmission to DVB -- A comparison of digital video standards -- Measurements on the MPEG-2 transport stream -- Picture quality analysis of digital TV signals -- Digital modulation basics -- Transmitting digital television signals by satellite - DVB-S -- DVB-S measuring technology -- Broadband cable transmission of digital TV signal (DVB-C) -- Broadband cable transmission according to ITU-T J83B -- Measuring digital TV signals in the broadband cable -- Orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) -- The terrestrial transmission of DTV signals (DVB-T) -- Measuring DVB-T signals -- Digital terrestrial TV to North American ATSC standard -- ATSC/8VSB measurements -- Digital terrestrial television according to ISDB-T -- Digital television throughout the world: an overview. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003064070 |
| ISBN | 3540011552 (alk. paper) |