Analysis of ATV transmission subsystem field test data

Author

Zou, William Y. ; Wu, Yiyan ; Guillet, Michele

Author_Institution

Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA, USA

Volume

42

Issue

1

fYear

1996

fDate

3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

This paper examines the data from the field test of the Grand Alliance HDTV transmission subsystem conducted in Charlotte, NC in 1994. The field test data provides HDTV system designers and researchers with first-hand information on the performance of digital HDTV terrestrial broadcasting as well as on NTSC performance in the real-world environment. Analyses of the field test data are performed with respect to the system performance of an 8-VSB digital transmission subsystem, the performance of NTSC as reference and the television channel characteristics. Observations and conclusions derived from the analyses are provided

Keywords

data analysis; digital communication; digital television; field strength measurement; high definition television; telecommunication channels; television broadcasting; television reception; 8-VSB digital transmission subsystem; ATV transmission subsystem; Charlotte; Grand Alliance HDTV transmission subsystem; NTSC performance; digital HDTV terrestrial broadcasting; field strength measurement; field test data analysis; over the air reception; system performance; television channel characteristics; Availability; Bit error rate; Data analysis; HDTV; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Robustness; System performance; System testing; TV broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/11.486069

Filename

486069