Fundamentals of Digital Television Transmission / Edition 1

by Gerald W. Collins

Overview

The first comprehensive, single source reference on what engineers and managers need to know to migrate successfully from analog to digital TV systems. Well-known industry consultant Gerald Collins describes all major digital TV transmission standards and provides practical guidance on the implementation, operation, and performance of the major transmission systems in current use worldwide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471391999
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/09/2000
Series:	IEEE Press
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.72(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

GERALD W. COLLINS has over 37 years of experience in the electronics industry. Over the past decade, he has been intimately involved with R&D for digital television products through his position of Director of Product Development at Harris Broadcast Division. He has written numerous papers and is a well-known consultant and speaker on antennas, RF propagation, transmitter design, and digital television.

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Table of Contents

Digital Television Transmission Standards.

Performance Objectives for Digital Television.

Channel Coding and Modulation for Digital Television.

Transmitters for Digital Television.

Radio-Frequency Systems for Digital Television.

Transmission Line for Digital Television.

Transmitting Antennas for Digital Television.

Radio-Wave Propagation.

Test and Measurement for Digital Television.

Symbols and Abbreviations.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

"Collins...helps systems engineers, designers, and managers in TV broadcasting make a smooth transition from analog to digital technologies." (SciTech Book News Vol. 25, No. 2 June 2001)

From the Publisher

Collins...helps systems engineers, designers, and managers in TV broadcasting make a smooth transition from analog to digital technologies.

SciTech Book News

Collins (director of product development at Harris Broadcast Division) helps systems engineers, designers, and managers in TV broadcasting make a smooth transition from analog to digital technologies. With an emphasis on RF transmission rather than baseband signal processing, he offers a discussion of the digital TV signal from the input to the transmitter to the output of the receiving antenna. Topics include major digital TV transmission standards; key performance parameters; the theory of operation and practical implementation of major system components; factors affecting propagation of digital TV signals; results of field testing of DTV systems; and performance data on the American ATSC, the European DVB, and the Japanese ISDB-T systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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