Title :
Carriage of Digital Video and Other Services by Cable in North America
Author_Institution :
Rogers Commun. Centre, Ryerson Univ., Toronto, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents an overview of digital television and digital audio delivery in North America. The paper begins with an overview of cable´s digital video/audio architecture and technology, covering standards and specifications for video, audio, transport, and system/service information, transmission and signaling, security, and digital program (ad) insertion. The paper concludes with an overview of current and emerging digital cable service offerings.
Keywords :
cable television; digital video broadcasting; Advanced Television Systems Committee; North America; Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers; digital audio delivery; digital cable service; digital program insertion; digital video subcommittee; digital video/audio architecture; digital video/audio technology; forward error correction; quadrature amplitude modulation; quarternary phase shift keying; service information; video on demand; ANSI standards; Cable TV; Communication cables; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Modems; North America; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Standards development; Telecommunication standards; Video on demand; Advanced Television Systems Committee; Digital Video Subcommittee (DVS); Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE); architecture; audio; cable; channel; digital; encryption; forward error correction; in-band; modulation; out-of-band; quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); quarternary phase shift keying (QPSK); service information; system information; transport; video; video on demand (VOD);
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2005.861024
