Universal set-top box: a simple design to provide accessible services

Author

Costa, Laisa C P ; Hira, Celio ; De Biase, Marcelo G. ; Herrero, Rafael A. ; Zuffo, Marcelo K.

Author_Institution

LSI-TEC, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

57

Issue

2

fYear

2011

fDate

5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

471

Lastpage

476

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a low cost accessible digital television set-top box. This set-top box was designed and tested to the International ISDB-T system and considered the adoption of solutions that would provide accessible services in digital television in the simplest digital television receiver. The accessible set-top box was evaluated regarding the processing and memory requirements impacts to provide the features for accessible services. The work presents also the access services bandwidth consumption analysis.

Keywords

digital television; set-top boxes; International ISDB-T system; access services bandwidth consumption analysis; accessible services; digital television receiver; digital television set-top box; memory requirements; processing requirements; universal set-top box; Bandwidth; Communication standards; Digital TV; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Handicapped aids; Multiplexing; Receivers; access services; digital terrestrial television; disabilities; set-top box;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2011.5955181

Filename

5955181