Introduction - Digital Video and Audio Broadcasting Technology - page 5

tal video, digital audio and the compression methods. After an excursion
into the digital modulation methods, all the transmission methods like
DVB-S, DVB-C, ITU-J83ABC, DVB-T, ATSC and ISDB-T are discussed
in detail, including also transmission methods based on Digital Audio
Broadcasting (DAB). Interspersed between these are found the chapters on
the relevant measuring techniques.
The methods and standards relating to the subject of “digital television”
and discussed in this topic are listed in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1. Digital video and audio broadcasting standards and methods

Method/Standards Application

JPEG Still picture compression, photography

Motion JPEG MiniDV, digital home video cameras

MPEG-1 Video on CD

MPEG-2 Baseband signal for digital television,

DVD Video

DVB Digital Video Broadcasting

DVB-S Digital Video Broadcasting via satellite

DVB-C Digital Video Broadcasting via broad-

band cable

DVB-T Digital Terrestrial Video Broadcasting

DVB-H Digital Video Broadcasting for Held-

helds; mobile TV standard

MMDS Multipoint Microwave Distribution Sys-

tem, local terrestrial multipoint trans-
mission of digital television to supple-
ment broadband cable

ITU-T J83A ITU equivalent of DVB-C

ITU-T J83B US cable standard

ITU-T J83C Japanese cable standard

ATSC Standard for digital terrestrial television

(US, Canada)

ISDB-T Japanese standard for digital terrestrial

television

DMB-T Chinese standard for digital terrestrial

television

DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting; standard

for digital terrestrial audio broadcasting

DRM Digital Radio Mondiale; standard for

digital terrestrial audio broadcasting

T-DMB Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broad-

casting; mobile TV standard