Interoperability of the Grand Alliance HDTV system with ATM networks

Author

Gaylord, William J. ; Lyons, Paul W. ; Clark, Charles T.

Author_Institution

BellSouth Services, Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

42

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

623

Lastpage

631

Abstract

This paper describes three experiments that were conducted as supplementary field tests of the Digital Grand Alliance HDTV system. They were performed to test the feasibility of ATM network transport of the MPEG-2 based digital HDTV bit stream. The MPEG-2 transport stream (TS) and its mapping into asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells are succinctly described as background for the description of the experiments. Three experiments are then described, including the successful transport of the digital HDTV bit stream through more than 510 miles of fiber optic transmission and the equivalent of six ATM switches in tandem

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; cable television; code standards; digital television; high definition television; internetworking; optical fibre networks; telecommunication standards; television broadcasting; television networks; television standards; video coding; ATM cells; ATM networks; ATM switches; Grand Alliance HDTV system; MPEG-2 based digital HDTV bit stream; MPEG-2 transport stream; asynchronous transfer mode; experiments; fiber optic transmission; field tests; Asynchronous transfer mode; FCC; HDTV; Optical transmitters; Performance evaluation; Prototypes; Quality of service; Streaming media; System testing; TV;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.536165

Filename

536165