Source coding, channel coding and modulation techniques used in the digital spectrum-compatible HDTV system

Author

Luplow, Wayne C. ; Fockens, Pieter

Author_Institution

Zenith Electron. Corp., Glenview, IL, USA

Volume

37

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

162

Lastpage

165

Abstract

The digital spectrum-compatible high-definition television (DSC-HDTV) system, a digital HDTV simulcast system designed for United States terrestrial broadcasting on currently unassignable channels, is described. The system uses progressively scanned source signals and is characterized by an effective, high-performance video compression system. Compression includes motion compensation with hierarchical block matching and block transform coding with adaptive quantization according to perceptual criteria. Video compression is designed to simplify the receiver decoding; only a few VLSI chips and only one full frame memory are required. The source signal, source coding, channel coding, modulation, and performance of the system are discussed

Keywords

amplitude modulation; encoding; high definition television; DSC-HDTV; United States terrestrial broadcasting; adaptive quantization; block transform coding; channel coding; digital HDTV simulcast system; digital spectrum-compatible HDTV system; hierarchical block matching; high-definition television; high-performance video compression; modulation techniques; motion compensation; progressively scanned source signals; source coding; source signal; Channel coding; Digital video broadcasting; HDTV; Modulation coding; Motion compensation; Quantization; Source coding; TV broadcasting; Transform coding; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/11.106206

Filename

106206