Title :
Overview of Digital Television Development Worldwide
Author :
Wu, Yiyan ; Hirakawa, Shuji ; Reimers, Ulrich H. ; Whitaker, Jerry
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Centre Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
This special issue of the proceedings of the IEEE presents a systematical and complete tutorial on digital television (DTV), produced by a team of DTV experts worldwide. This introductory paper puts the current DTV systems into perspective and explains the historical background and different evolution paths that each system took. The main focus is on terrestrial DTV systems, but satellite and cable DTV are also covered,as well as several other emerging services.
Keywords :
digital television; Advanced Television Systems Committee; cable DTV; digital television development; digital video broadcasting; high definition TV; integrated services digital broadcasting; satellite DTV; terrestrial DTV systems; Cable TV; Communication standards; Data communication; Digital TV; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Digital video broadcasting; HDTV; Multiplexing; Satellite broadcasting; TV broadcasting; Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC); digital broadcasting; digital television (DTV); digital video broadcasting (DVB); high definition TV (HDTV); integrated services digital broadcasting (ISDB);
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2005.861000
