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GUIDE TO THE USE OF THE
ATSC DIGITAL TELEVISION STANDARD
ADVANCED TELEVISION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE James C. McKinney, Chairman Dr. Robert Hopkins, Executive Director
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GUIDE TO THE USE OF THE ATSC DIGITAL TELEVISION STANDARD Table of Contents
LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF TABLES
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FOREWORD................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .............1 1. SCOPE................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 1 2. NORMATIVE REFERENCES................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 1 3. DEFINITIONS................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .......1
3.1 Definitions
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3.2 Treatment of syntactic elements
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3.3 Terms employed
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3.4 Symbols, abbreviations, and mathematical operators 3.4.1 Introduction 3.4.2 Arithmetic operators 3.4.3 Logical operators 3.4.4 Relational operators 3.4.5 Bitwise operators 3.4.6 Assignment 3.4.7 Mnemonics 3.4.8 Constants 3.4.9 Method of describing bit stream syntax 3.4.9.1 Definition of bytealigned function 3.4.9.2 Definition of nextbits function 3.4.9.3 Definition of next_start_code function
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4. SYSTEM OVERVIEW................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 13
4.1 Objectives
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4.2 System block diagram
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5. VIDEO SYSTEMS................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 15
5.1 Overview of video compression and decompression 5.1.1 MPEG-2 levels and profiles 5.1.2 Compatibility with MPEG-2 5.1.3 Overview of video compression
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5.2 Video preprocessing 5.2.1 Video compression formats 5.2.1.1 Possible video inputs 5.2.1.2 Sampling rates 5.2.1.3 Colorimetry 5.2.2 Precision of samples 5.2.3 Source-adaptive processing 5.2.4 Film mode
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5.2.5 Color component separation and processing 5.2.6 Anti-alias filtering 5.2.7 Number of lines encoded
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5.3 Representation of picture data 5.3.1 Pixels 5.3.1.1 Square pixels 5.3.1.2 Spatial relationship between luminance and chrominance samples 5.3.2 Blocks of pixels 5.3.3 Macroblocks 5.3.4 Slices 5.3.5 Pictures, groups of pictures, and sequences 5.3.5.1 I-frames 5.3.5.2 P-frames 5.3.5.3 B-frames
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5.4 Motion estimation 5.4.1 Vector search algorithm 5.4.2 Motion vector precision 5.4.3 Motion vector coding 5.4.4 Estimation at frame boundaries
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5.5 Encoder prediction loop 5.5.1 Prediction loop block diagram 5.5.1.1 Spatial transform block — DCT 5.5.1.2 Quantizer 5.5.1.3 Entropy coder 5.5.1.4 Inverse quantizer 5.5.1.5 Inverse spatial transform block — IDCT 5.5.1.6 Motion compensator 5.5.1.7 Anchor frames 5.5.2 Dual prime prediction mode 5.5.3 Adaptive field/frame prediction mode
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5.6 Image refresh 5.6.1 Periodic transmission of I-frames 5.6.2 Progressive refresh
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5.7 Discrete cosine transform (DCT) 5.7.1 Blocks of 8-by-8 pixels 5.7.2 Adaptive field/frame DCT
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5.8 Adaptive quantization 5.8.1 Adaptive step sizes 5.8.2 Perceptual weighting 5.8.3 Adaptive intra-quantizer and non-intra-quantizer matrices
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5.9 Entropy coding of video data 5.9.1 Huffman coding 5.9.2 Run-length coding 5.9.3 Zigzag scan and alternate scan
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5.10 Channel buffer
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5.11 Interface to system multiplexer
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5.12 Decoder block diagram 5.12.1 Error concealment capability 5.12.2 Frame store for decoded pictures
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5.13 Concatenated sequences
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5.14 Guidelines for refreshing
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6. AUDIO SYSTEMS................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 41
6.1 Audio system overview
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6.2 Audio encoder interface 6.2.1 Input source signal specification 6.2.1.1 High-pass filtering 6.2.1.2 Analog input 6.2.1.3 Digital input 6.2.1.4 Sampling frequency 6.2.1.5 Resolution 6.2.2 Output signal specification
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6.3 AC-3 digital audio compression 6.3.1 Overview and basics of audio compression 6.3.2 Transform filter bank 6.3.2.1 Window function 6.3.2.2 Time division aliasing cancellation transform 6.3.2.3 Transient handling 6.3.3 Coded audio representation 6.3.3.1 Exponent coding 6.3.3.2 Mantissas 6.3.4 Bit allocation 6.3.4.1 Backward adaptive 6.3.4.2 Forward adaptive 6.3.5 Rematrixing 6.3.6 Coupling
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6.4 Bit stream syntax 6.4.1 Sync frame 6.4.2 Splicing, insertion 6.4.3 Error detection codes
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6.5 Loudness and dynamic range 6.5.1 Loudness normalization 6.5.2 Dynamic range compression
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6.6 Main, associated, and multi-lingual services 6.6.1 Overview 6.6.2 Summary of service types 6.6.2.1 Complete main audio service (CM) 6.6.2.2 Main audio service, music and effects (ME) 6.6.2.3 Associated service: visually impaired (VI) 6.6.2.4 Associated service: hearing impaired (HI) 6.6.2.5 Associated service: dialogue (D) 6.6.2.6 Associated service: commentary (C) 6.6.2.7 Associated service: emergency message (E) 6.6.2.8 Associated service: voice-over (VO) 6.6.3 Multi-lingual services
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6.6.4 Detailed description of service types 6.6.4.1 CM — complete main audio service 6.6.4.2 ME — main audio service, music and effects 6.6.4.3 VI — visually impaired 6.6.4.4 HI — hearing impaired 6.6.4.5 D — dialogue 6.6.4.6 C — commentary 6.6.4.7 E — emergency 6.6.4.8 VO — voice-over 6.7 Audio bit rates 6.7.1 Typical audio bit rates 6.7.2 Audio bit rate limitations
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7. ANCILLARY DATA SERVICES ................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 60
7.1 Text-based ancillary services
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7.2 Program guide 7.2.1 Master program guide PID 7.2.2 Program guide STD model
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7.3 System information 7.3.1 System information PID 7.3.2 System information STD model
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7.4 Specification of additional ancillary services 7.4.1 Verification model 7.4.1.1 Syntax and semantics 7.4.1.2 Ancillary service target decoder (ASTD) 7.4.2 Stream type and PMT descriptors 7.4.2.1 Stream type 7.4.2.2 PMT descriptors
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8. SERVICE MULTIPLEX AND TRANSPORT SYSTEMS ................................ ................................ ........65
8.1 Introduction 8.1.1 Advantages of the fixed-length packetization approach 8.1.1.1 Dynamic capacity allocation 8.1.1.2 Scalability 8.1.1.3 Extensibility 8.1.1.4 Robustness 8.1.1.5 Cost effective receiver implementations 8.1.1.6 MPEG-2 compatibility 8.1.2 Overview of the transport subsystem 8.1.3 General bit stream interoperability issues
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8.2 The packetization approach and functionality 8.2.1 The “link” layer 8.2.1.1 Packet synchronization 8.2.1.2 Packet identification 8.2.1.3 Error handling 8.2.1.4 Conditional access 8.2.2 The adaptation layer 8.2.2.1 Synchronization and timing 8.2.2.2 Random entry into the compressed bit stream
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8.2.2.3 Local program insertion 8.2.2.3.1 Systems level view 8.2.2.3.2 Basics of elementary bit stream insertion
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8.3 Higher level multiplexing functionality 8.3.1 Single program transport multiplex 8.3.2 System multiplex
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8.4 The transport format and protocol 8.4.1 Link level header 8.4.2 Adaptation level headers 8.4.2.1 The PCR and OPCR fields 8.4.2.2 The splice_countdown field 8.4.3 PSIs and the pointer_field 8.4.4 The program_association_table 8.4.5 The program_map_table 8.4.6 Descriptors 8.4.7 The PSI paradigms and constraints 8.4.7.1 The program paradigms 8.4.7.2 Repetition rates
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8.5 The PES packet format 8.5.1 PES header flags 8.5.2 The PES header 8.5.2.1 PTS and DTS 8.5.2.2 PES extension flags 8.5.3 Conditional access 8.5.3.1 Conditional access example 8.5.4 Compatibility with other transport systems 8.5.4.1 Interoperability with MPEG-2 8.5.4.2 Interoperability with ATM 8.5.4.2.1 ATM cell and transport packet structures 8.5.4.2.2 Mapping transport packets to an AAL-5 packet data unit (PDU)
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9. RF/TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS ................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 96
9.1 Introduction and system overview
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9.2 Bit rate delivered to a transport decoder by the transmission subsystem
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9.3 Performance characteristics of terrestrial broadcast mode
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9.4 Transmitter signal processing
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9.5 Upconverter and RF carrier frequency offsets
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9.6 Performance characteristics of high data rate mode
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10. RECEIVER CHARACTERISTICS ................................ ................................ ................................ ....102
10.1 Introduction
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10.2 Receiver RF issues 10.2.1 RF characteristics 10.2.1.1 Planning factors used by ACATS PS/WP3 10.2.1.2 Noise figure 10.2.1.3 Co-channel and adjacent-channel rejection 10.2.1.4 Unintentional radiation 10.2.1.5 Direct pickup (DPU)
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10.2.2 The modem field test 10.2.3 Signal conversion and carrier recovery. 10.2.3.1 Tuner 10.2.3.2 Channel filtering and VSB carrier recovery 10.2.3.3 Segment sync and symbol clock recovery 10.2.3.4 Non-coherent and coherent AGC 10.2.3.5 Data field synchronization 10.2.3.6 Interference rejection filter 10.2.3.7 Channel equalizer 10.2.3.8 Phase tracking loop 10.2.3.9 Trellis decoder 10.2.3.10 Data de-interleaver 10.2.3.11 Reed-Solomon decoder 10.2.3.12 Data de-randomizer 10.2.3.13 Receiver loop acquisition sequencing 10.2.3.14 High data rate mode
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10.3 Receiver equalization issues 10.3.1 Introduction 10.3.2 The equalizer training signal 10.3.2.1 Specifications for the data field sync 10.3.2.2 General 10.3.3 Receiver equalization using the training signal 10.3.3.1 PN511 equalizer training sequence 10.3.3.2 PN63 equalizer training sequences 10.3.3.3 Segment sync 10.3.3.4 VSB mode 10.3.3.5 Precode 10.3.4 Theoretical equalizer performance using training signals 10.3.4.1 Amplitude and delay of ghosts 10.3.4.2 Multiple ghosts 10.3.4.3 Speed of operation 10.3.5 Receiver implementation using blind equalization 10.3.6 Equalizer hardware implementation 10.3.6.1 General 10.3.6.2 Data and filter coefficient resolution 10.3.6.3 Equalizer filter implementation 10.3.6.4 Real-only vs. complex equalizer structures 10.3.6.5 Symbol-rate vs. fractional-symbol sampling; use of segment sync 10.3.6.6 Bibliography on equalization
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10.4 Receiver video issues 10.4.1 Video formats 10.4.2 Multiple video programs 10.4.3 Concatenation of video sequences 10.4.4 D-frames 10.4.5 Adaptive video error concealment strategy 10.4.5.1 Error concealment requirements 10.4.5.2 Error concealment implementation 10.4.5.3 Bibliography on error concealment
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10.5 Receiver audio issues 10.5.1 Audio coding 10.5.2 Audio channels and services
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10.5.3 Loudness normalization 10.5.4 Dynamic range control
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10.6 Guide to existing TV receiver requirements and standards 10.6.1 Introduction 10.6.2 Mandatory requirements 10.6.3 Mandatory for “cable ready” receivers 10.6.4 Mandatory in some states of the US and/or in Canada 10.6.5 Voluntary standards 10.6.6 Other related standards and references 10.6.6.1 FCC 10.6.6.2 Safety & x-ray 10.6.6.3 Interference & immunity 10.6.6.4 Cathode ray TV display tubes 10.6.6.5 Voluntary TV receiver recommended practices 10.6.6.6 International standards, IEC, etc.
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List of Figures Figure 4.1. ITU-R digital terrestrial television broadcasting model.
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Figure 5.1. Video coding in relation to the ATV system.
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Figure 5.2. Placement of luma/chroma samples for 4:2:0.
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Figure 5.3. Blocks and macroblocks.
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Figure 5.4. Illustration of I-frames, P-frames, and B-frames.
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Figure 5.5. Encoder prediction loop.
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Figure 5.6. Scanning of coefficient blocks.
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Figure 5.7. Decoder block diagram.
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Figure 6.1. Audio subsystem within the digital television system.
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Figure 6.2. Overview of audio compression system.
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Figure 6.3. AC-3 synchronization frame.
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Figure 7.1. Ancillary service target decoder.
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Figure 8.1. Sample organization of functionality in a transmitter-receiver pair for a single digital television program.
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Figure 8.2. Transport packet format.
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Figure 8.3. Example program insertion architecture.
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Figure 8.4. Illustration of the multiplex function to form a program transport stream.
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Figure 8.5. Illustration of the multiplex function to form the system level bit stream.
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Figure 8.6. Illustration of transport demultiplexing process for a program.
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Figure 8.7. Link header format for the transport packet.
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Figure 8.8. Format for the fixed-length component of the adaptation header.
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Figure 8.9. Structural overview of a PES packet.
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Figure 8.10. PES header flags in their relative positions (all sizes in bits).
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Figure 8.11. Organization of PES header.
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Figure 8.12. Organization of the PTS field when only the PTS is encoded.
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Figure 8.13. Organization of the PTS and DTS field when both PTS and DTS are encoded.
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Figure 8.14. Organization of the PES extension flags field.
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Figure 8.15. Illustration of key distribution and usage process.
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Figure 8.16. Example NRSS based A/V decoder in a secure service environment.
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Figure 8.17. Comparison of the ATM cell structure and the MPEG-2 transport packet structure.
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Figure 8.18. Mapping of two MPEG-2 transport packets into 8 ATM cells using the AAL-5 PDU.
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Figure 9.1. Segment error probability, 8 VSB with 4 state trellis, RS (207,187).
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Figure 9.3. 16 VSB error probability.
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Figure 9.4. Cumulative distribution function of 16 VSB peak-to-average power ratio.
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Figure 10.1. VSB receiver.
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Figure 10.2. Tuner block diagram.
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Figure 10.3. Tuner — IF — FPLL.
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Figure 10.4. Data segment sync.
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Figure 10.5. Segment sync & symbol clock recovery with AGC.
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Figure 10.6. Data field sync recovery.
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Figure 10.7. Location of NTSC carriers — comb filtering.
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Figure 10.8. NTSC interference rejection filter.
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Figure 10.9. VSB receiver equalizer.
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Figure 10.10. Phase tracking loop.
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Figure 10.11. Trellis code de-interleaver.
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Figure 10.12. 8 VSB receiver segment sync suspension.
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Figure 10.13. Trellis decoding with and without NTSC rejection filter.
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Figure 10.14. Convolutional de-interleaver.
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Figure 10.15. Data field sync.
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List of Tables Table 3.1 Next Start Code
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Table 5.1 Compression Formats
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Table 5.2 Standardized Video Input Formats
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Table 6.1 Table of Service Types
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Table 6.2 Typical Audio Bit Rate
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Table 8.1 Transport Scrambling Control Indicators
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Table 8.2 Transport Bit Streams
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Table 8.3 Example for Program 52 (0x0034)
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Table 8.4 ATM Cell Header Fields
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Table 8.5 Elements of the AAL-5 PDU Trailer
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Table 9.1 Parameters for VSB Transmission Modes
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Table 10.1 Receiver Planning Factors Used by PS/WP3
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Table 10.2 ATV Interference Criteria
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Table 10.3 Digital Television Standard Video Formats
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GUIDE TO THE USE OF THE ATSC DIGITAL TELEVISION STANDARD FOREWORD
The Guide to the Use of the ATSC Digital Television Standard was prepared by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Technology Group on Distribution (T3). The document was approved by the members of T3 on February 23, 1995 for submission by letter ballot to the membership of the full ATSC to accompany the Digital Television Standard. The document was approved by the Members of the ATSC on April 12, 1995. This guide provides tutorial information and an overview of the advanced television (ATV) system defined by ATSC Standard A/53, ATSC Digital Television Standard. Annex A, Informative References lists informative references which, through reference in this text, provide information useful to the understanding of the text. 1. SCOPE
This document provides a guide to the understanding of the system characteristics of the U. S. advanced television system as documented in ATSC Standard A/53, ATSC Digital Television Standard. 2. NORMATIVE REFERENCES
There are no normative references. 3. DEFINITIONS 3.1 Definitions
With respect to definition of terms, abbreviations and units, the practice of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as outlined in the Institute’s published standards shall be used. Where an abbreviation is not covered by IEEE practice, or industry practice differs from IEEE practice, then the abbreviation in question will be described in Section 3.3 of this document. Many of the definitions included therein are derived from definitions adopted by MPEG. 3.2 Treatment of syntactic elements
This document contains symbolic references to syntactic elements used in the audio, video, and transport coding subsystems. These references are typographically distinguished by the use of a different font (e.g., restricted ), may contain the underscore character (e.g., sequence_end_code ) and may consist of character strings that are not English words (e.g., dynrng).
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3.3 Terms employed
For the purposes of the Digital Television Standard, the following definition of terms apply: ACATS: Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service. access unit: A coded representation of a presentation unit. In the case of audio, an access unit is the coded representation of an audio frame. In the case of video, an access unit includes all the coded data for a picture, and any stuffing that follows it, up to but not including the start of the next access unit. If a picture is not preceded by a group_start_code or a sequence_header_code , the access unit begins with a the picture start code. If a picture is preceded by a group_start_code and/or a sequence_header_code , the access unit begins with the first byte of the first of these start codes. If it is the last picture preceding a sequence_end_code in the bit stream all bytes between the last byte of the coded picture and the sequence_end_code (including thesequence_end_code) belong to the access unit. A/D: Analog to digital converter. AES: Audio Engineering Society. anchor frame: A video frame that is used for prediction. I-frames and P-frames are generally used as anchor frames, but B-frames are never anchor frames. ANSI: American National Standards Institute. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM): A digital signal protocol for efficient transport of both constant-rate and bursty information in broadband digital networks. The ATM digital stream consists of fixed-length packets called “cells,” each containing 53 8-bit bytes—a 5-byte header and a 48-byte information payload. ATEL: Advanced Television Evaluation Laboratory. ATM: See asynchronous transfer mode. ATTC: Advanced Television Test Center. ATV: The U. S. advanced television system. bidirectional pictures or B-pictures or B-frames: Pictures that use both future and past pictures as a reference. This technique is termed bidirectional prediction. B-pictures provide the most compression. B-pictures do not propagate coding errors as they are never used as a reference. bit rate: The rate at which the compressed bit stream is delivered from the channel to the input of a decoder. block: A block is an 8-by-8 array of pel values or DCT coefficients representing luminance or chrominance information. bps: Bits per second. byte-aligned: A bit in a coded bit stream is byte-aligned if its position is a multiple of 8bits from the first bit in the stream.
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CDTV: See conventional definition television. channel: A digital medium that stores or transports a digital television stream. coded representation:A data element as represented in its encoded form. compression:Reduction in the number of bits used to represent an item of data. constant bit rate: Operation where the bit rate is constant from start to finish of the compressed bit stream. conventional definition television (CDTV): This term is used to signify the analog NTSC television system as defined in ITU-R Recommendation 470. See also standard definition television and ITU-R Recommendation 1125. CRC: The cyclic redundancy check to verify the correctness of the data. D-frame: Frame coded according to an MPEG-1 mode which uses DC coefficients only. data element: An item of data as represented before encoding and after decoding. DCT: See discrete cosine transform. decoded stream:The decoded reconstruction of a compressed bit stream. decoder: An embodiment of a decoding process. decoding (process): The process defined in the Digital Television Standard that reads an input coded bit stream and outputs decoded pictures or audio samples. decoding time-stamp (DTS): A field that may be present in a PES packet header that indicates the time that an access unit is decoded in the system target decoder. digital storage media (DSM):A digital storage or transmission device or system. discrete cosine transform: A mathematical transform that can be perfectly undone and which is useful in image compression. DSM-CC: Digital storage media command and control. DSM: Digital storage media. DTS: See decoding time-stamp. DVCR: Digital video cassette recorder ECM: See entitlement control message. editing: A process by which one or more compressed bit streams are manipulated to produce a new compressed bit stream. Conforming edited bit streams are understood to meet the requirements defined in the Digital Television Standard. elementary stream (ES): A generic term for one of the coded video, coded audio or other coded bit streams. One elementary stream is carried in a sequence of PES packets with one and only onestream_id . elementary stream clock reference (ESCR): A time stamp in the PES Stream from which decoders of PES streams may derive timing. —3—
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EMM: See entitlement management message. encoder: An embodiment of an encoding process. encoding (process): A process that reads a stream of input pictures or audio samples and produces a valid coded bit stream as defined in the Digital Television Standard. entitlement control message (ECM): Entitlement control messages are private conditional access information which specify control words and possibly other streamspecific, scrambling, and/or control parameters. entitlement management message (EMM): Entitlement management messages are private conditional access information which specify the authorization level or the services of specific decoders. They may be addressed to single decoders or groups of decoders. entropy coding: Variable length lossless coding of the digital representation of a signal to reduce redundancy. entry point: Refers to a point in a coded bit stream after which a decoder can become properly initialized and commence syntactically correct decoding. The first transmitted picture after an entry point is either an I-picture or a P-picture. If the first transmitted picture is not an I-picture, the decoder may produce one or more pictures during acquisition. ES: See elementary stream. ESCR: See elementary stream clock reference. event: An event is defined as a collection of elementary streams with a common time base, an associated start time, and an associated end time. field: For an interlaced video signal, a “field” is the assembly of alternate lines of a frame. Therefore, an interlaced frame is composed of two fields, a top field and a bottom field. forbidden: This term, when used in clauses defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value shall never be used. This is usually to avoid emulation of start codes. FPLL: Frequency and phase locked loop. frame: A frame contains lines of spatial information of a video signal. For progressive video, these lines contain samples starting from one time instant and continuing through successive lines to the bottom of the frame. For interlaced video a frame consists of two fields, a top field and a bottom field. One of these fields will commence one field later than the other. GOP: See group of pictures. Group of pictures (GOP): A group of pictures consists of one or more pictures in sequence. HDTV: See high definition television. high definition television (HDTV): High definition television has a resolution of approximately twice that of conventional television in both the horizontal (H) and vertical (V) dimensions and a picture aspect ratio (HxV) of 16:9. ITU-R Recommendation 1125 —4—
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further defines “HDTV quality” as the delivery of a television picture which is subjectively identical with the interlaced HDTV studio standard. high level: A range of allowed picture parameters defined by the MPEG-2 video coding specification which corresponds to high definition television. Huffman coding: A type of source coding that uses codes of different lengths to represent symbols which have unequal likelihood of occurrence. IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission. intra coded pictures or I-pictures or I-frames: Pictures that are coded using information present only in the picture itself and not depending on information from other pictures. I-pictures provide a mechanism for random access into the compressed video data. I-pictures employ transform coding of the pel blocks and provide only moderate compression. ISO: International Organization for Standardization. ITU: International Telecommunication Union. JEC: Joint Engineering Committee of EIA and NCTA. layer: One of the levels in the data hierarchy of the video and system specification. level: A range of allowed picture parameters and combinations of picture parameters. macroblock: In the ATV system a macroblock consists of four blocks of luminance and one each Cr and Cb block. main level: A range of allowed picture parameters defined by the MPEG-2 video coding specification with maximum resolution equivalent to ITU-R Recommendation 601. main profile: A subset of the syntax of the MPEG-2 video coding specification that is expected to be supported over a large range of applications. Mbps: 1,000,000 bits per second. motion vector: A pair of numbers which represent the vertical and horizontal displacement of a region of a reference picture for prediction. MP@HL: Main profile at high level. MP@ML: Main profile at main level. MPEG: Refers to standards developed by the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11, Moving Picture Experts Group.MPEG may also refer to the Group. MPEG-1: Refers to ISO/IEC standards 11172-1 (Systems), 11172-2 (Video), 11172-3 (Audio), 11172-4 (Compliance Testing), and 11172-5 (Technical Report). MPEG-2: Refers to ISO/IEC standards 13818-1 (Systems), 13818-2 (Video), 13818-3 (Audio), 13818-4 (Compliance). pack: A pack consists of a pack header followed by zero or more packets. It is a layer in the system coding syntax.
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packet data: Contiguous bytes of data from an elementary data stream present in the packet. packet identifier (PID): A unique integer value used to associate elementary streams of a program in a single or multi-program transport stream. packet: A packet consists of a header followed by a number of contiguous bytes from an elementary data stream. It is a layer in the system coding syntax. padding: A method to adjust the average length of an audio frame in time to the duration of the corresponding PCM samples, by continuously adding a slot to the audio frame. payload: Payload refers to the bytes which follow the header byte in a packet. For example, the payload of a transport stream packet includes the PES_packet_header and its PES_packet_data_bytes or pointer_field and PSI sections, or private data. A PES_packet_payload , however, consists only of PES_packet_data_bytes . The transport stream packet header and adaptation fields are not payload. PCR: See program clock reference. pel: See pixel. PES packet header: The leading fields in a PES packet up to but not including the PES_packet_data_byte fields where the stream is not a padding stream. In the case of a padding stream, the PES packet header is defined as the leading fields in a PES packet up to but not including thepadding_byte fields. PES packet: The data structure used to carry elementary stream data. It consists of a packet header followed byPES packet payload. PES Stream: A PES stream consists of PES packets, all of whose payloads consist of data from a single elementary stream, and all of which have the same stream_id . PES: An abbreviation for packetized elementary stream. picture: Source, coded or reconstructed image data. A source or reconstructed picture consists of three rectangular matrices representing the luminance and two chrominance signals. PID: See packet identifier. pixel: “Picture element” or “pel.” A pixel is a digital sample of the color intensity values of a picture at a single point. predicted pictures or P-pictures or P-frames: Pictures that are coded with respect to the nearest previous I or P-picture. This technique is termed forward prediction. P-pictures provide more compression than I-pictures and serve as a reference for future P-pictures or B-pictures. P-pictures can propagate coding errors when P-pictures (or B-pictures) are predicted from prior P-pictures where the prediction is flawed. presentation time-stamp (PTS): A field that may be present in a PES packet header that indicates the time that a presentation unit is presented in the system target decoder. presentation unit (PU):A decoded audio access unit or a decoded picture.
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profile: A defined subset of the syntax specified in the MPEG-2 video coding specification program clock reference (PCR): A time stamp in the transport stream from which decoder timing is derived. program element: A generic term for one of the elementary streams or other data streams that may be included in the program. program specific information (PSI): PSI consists of normative data which is necessary for the demultiplexing of transport streams and the successful regeneration of programs. program: A program is a collection of program elements. Program elements may be elementary streams. Program elements need not have any defined time base; those that do have a common time base and are intended for synchronized presentation. PSI: See program specific information. PTS: See presentation time-stamp. PU: See presentation unit. quantizer: A processing step which intentionally reduces the precision of DCT coefficients random access: The process of beginning to read and decode the coded bit stream at an arbitrary point. reserved: This term, when used in clauses defining the coded bit stream, indicates that the value may be used in the future for Digital Television Standard extensions. Unless otherwise specified within this Standard, all reserved bits shall be set to “1”. SCR: See system clock reference. scrambling: The alteration of the characteristics of a video, audio or coded data stream in order to prevent unauthorized reception of the information in a clear form. This alteration is a specified process under the control of a conditional access system. SDTV: See standard definition television. slice: A series of consecutive macroblocks. SMPTE: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. source stream:A single, non-multiplexed stream of samples before compression coding. splicing: The concatenation performed on the system level or two different elementary streams. It is understood that the resulting stream must conform totally to the Digital Television Standard. standard definition television (SDTV): This term is used to signify a digital television system in which the quality is approximately equivalent to that of NTSC. This equivalent quality may be achieved from pictures sourced at the 4:2:2 level of ITU-R Recommendation 601 and subjected to processing as part of the bit rate compression. The results should be such that when judged across a representative sample of program
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material, subjective equivalence with NTSC is achieved. Also called standard digital television. See alsoconventional definition televisionand ITU-R Recommendation 1125. start codes: 32-bit codes embedded in the coded bit stream that are unique. They are used for several purposes including identifying some of the layers in the coding syntax. Start codes consist of a 24 bit prefix (0x000001) and an 8 bit stream_id . STD input buffer: A first-in, first-out buffer at the input of a system target decoder for storage of compressed data from elementary streams before decoding. STD: See system target decoder. still picture: A coded still picture consists of a video sequence containing exactly one coded picture which is intra-coded. This picture has an associated PTS and the presentation time of succeeding pictures, if any, is later than that of the still picture by at least two picture periods. system clock reference (SCR): A time stamp in the program stream from which decoder timing is derived. system header: The system header is a data structure that carries information summarizing the system characteristics of the Digital Television Standard multiplexed bit stream. system target decoder (STD): A hypothetical reference model of a decoding process used to describe the semantics of the Digital Television Standard multiplexed bit stream. time-stamp: A term that indicates the time of a specific action such as the arrival of a byte or the presentation of a presentation unit. TOV: Threshold of visibility. transport stream packet header: The leading fields in a transport stream packet up to and including thecontinuity_counter field. variable bit rate: Operation where the bit rate varies with time during the decoding of a compressed bit stream. VBV: See video buffering verifier. Video buffering verifier (VBV): A hypothetical decoder that is conceptually connected to the output of an encoder. Its purpose is to provide a constraint on the variability of the data rate that an encoder can produce. video sequence: A video sequence is represented by a sequence header, one or more groups of pictures, and anend_of_sequence code in the data stream. 8 VSB: Vestigial sideband modulation with 8 discrete amplitude levels. 16 VSB: Vestigial sideband modulation with 16 discrete amplitude levels.
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3.4 Symbols, abbreviations, and mathematical operators 3.4.1 Introduction
The symbols, abbreviations, and mathematical operators used to describe the Digital Television Standard are those adopted for use in describing MPEG-2 and are similar to those used in the “C” programming language. However, integer division with truncation and rounding are specifically defined. The bitwise operators are defined assuming two’s-complement representation of integers. Numbering and counting loops generally begin from 0. 3.4.2 Arithmetic operators
+
Addition.
-
Subtraction (as a binary operator) or negation (as a unary operator).
++
Increment.
--
Decrement.
* or ×
Multiplication.
^
Power.
/
Integer division with truncation of the result toward 0. For example, 7/4 and 7/-4 are truncated to 1 and -7/4 and 7/-4 are truncated to -1.
//
Integer division with rounding to the nearest integer. Half-integer values are rounded away from 0 unless otherwise specified. For example 3//2 is rounded to 2, and -3//2 is rounded to -2.
DIV
Integer division with truncation of the result towards∞. -
%
Modulus operator. Defined only for positive numbers.
Sign( )
Sign(x) = 1
x>0
0
x == 0
-1
x
Greater than.
≥
Greater than or equal to.
>
Shift right with sign extension.
