Coding and transmission of high-definition television-technology trends in Japan

Author

Sawada, Katsutoshi

Author_Institution

NTT Human Interface Lab., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

1990

fDate

16-19 Apr 1990

Firstpage

886

Abstract

The recent trends of HDTV (high-definition television) transmission technologies in Japan are reviewed. The topics include bandwidth compression for analog transmission, bit-rate reduction for digital transmission, and actual transmission experiments using optical fiber lines and communication satellites. A uniform subsampling system, MUSE, has been completed and is ready for practical use. Some adaptive subsampling methods are under study. As to the bit-rate reduction coding, several codecs which operate at around 100-160 Mbit/s have been built. HDTV transmission in the anticipated B-ISDN (broadband integrated services digital network) is also discussed

Keywords

ISDN; bandwidth compression; broadband networks; cable television; codecs; direct broadcasting by satellite; encoding; high definition television; optical fibres; optical links; picture processing; television broadcasting; 100 to 160 Mbit/s; B-ISDN; HDTV transmission; Japan; MUSE; TV broadcasting; adaptive subsampling methods; analog transmission; bandwidth compression; bit-rate reduction; broadband integrated services digital network; codecs; communication satellites; digital transmission; high-definition television; optical fiber lines; transmission experiments; transmission technologies; uniform subsampling system; Bandwidth; Broadcast technology; Frequency; HDTV; Sampling methods; Satellite broadcasting; Signal sampling; TV; Telecommunication services; Time division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1990. ICC '90, Including Supercomm Technical Sessions. SUPERCOMM/ICC '90. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1990.117202

Filename

117202