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ELEC 498X

Broadcast Signal Transmission

Historical course

Fall 2015

Topics

  • Digital television standards
  • Video compression
  • Digital-TV performance
  • Transport-stream packets
  • Multiplexing
  • Channel coding
  • Modulation
  • Digital transmitters
  • Transmission lines
  • Broadcast antennas
  • Satellite broadcasting
  • IPTV

Readings

  • Gerald W. Collins, Fundamentals of Digital Television Transmission, Wiley, 2001.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • ATSC A/53 Digital Television Standard, parts 1โ€“6, 2007.
    Listed reading
  • ETSI EN 300 744 V1.6.1, Digital Video Broadcasting: Digital Terrestrial Television, 2009.
    Listed reading
  • ETSI EN 302 307 V1.2.1, DVB-S2, 2009.
    Listed reading
  • ITU H.264, Advanced Video Coding for Generic Audiovisual Services, 2003.
    Listed reading
  • Listed textbook; requirement not explicitly stated: Ioannis Pitas, Digital Video and Television, 2013.
    Listed reading
Sources