The only single, comprehensive textbook on all aspects of digital
television
The next few years will see a major revolution in the technology
used to deliver television services as the world moves from analog
to digital television. Presently, all existing textbooks dealing
with analog television standards (NTSC and PAL) are becoming
obsolete as the prevalence of digital technology continues to
become more widespread. Now, Digital Television: Technology and
Standards fills the need for a single, authoritative textbook that
covers all aspects of digital television technology.
Divided into three main sections, Digital Television
explores:
* Video: MPEG-2, which is at the heart of all digital video
broadcasting services
* Audio: MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coding and Dolby AC-3, which will be
used internationally in digital video broadcasting systems
* Systems: MPEG, modulation transmission, forward error correction,
datacasting, conditional access, and digital storage media command
and control
Complete with tables, illustrations, and figures, this valuable
textbook includes problems and laboratories at the end of each
chapter and also offers a number of exercises that allow students
to implement the various techniques discussed using MATLAB. The
authors’ coverage of implementation and theory makes this a
practical reference for professionals, as well as an indispensable
textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate-level students in
electrical engineering and computer science programs.
Innehållsförteckning
Preface.
1. Introduction to Analog and Digital Television.
2. Characteristics of Video Material.
3. Predictive Encoding.
4. Transform Coding.
5. Video Coder Syntax.
6. The MPEG-2 Video Compression Standard.
7. Perceptual Audio Coding.
8. Frequency Analysis and Synthesis.
9. MPEG Audio.
10. Dolby AC-3 Audio.
11. MPEG-2 Systems.
12. DVB Service Information and ATSC Program and System
Information Protocol.
13. Digital Television Channel Coding and Modulation.
14. Closed Captioning, Subtitling, and Teletext.
Appendix: MPEG Tables.
Index.
Om författaren
John Arnold, Ph D, has been with the University of New South
Wales since 1978, most recently at University College, Australian
Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia. He is currently
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Deputy Head of the
University College. His research interests lie in the fields of
video coding, error resilience of compressed digital video, and
coding of remotely sensed data, and he is an Associate Editor of
the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video
Technology.
Michael Frater, Ph D, has been with the University of New South
Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, since
1991, where he is currently an Associate Professor in the School of
Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. His research
interests include audio-visual communications and communications
systems.
Mark Pickering, Ph D, is a Senior Lecturer in the School of
Information Technology and Electrical Engineering with the
University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force
Academy, Canberra. His research interests include video and audio
coding, data compression, information security, data networks, and
error-resilient data transmission.