MPEG-2 conformance testing for interoperability

Author

Kar, Mukta L. ; Chelehmal, Majid ; Prodan, Rich ; Eng, David

Author_Institution

Cable Television Lab. Inc., USA

fYear

1996

fDate

7-10 May 1996

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

45

Abstract

Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., has set up a laboratory to test conformance of consumer electronics equipment with the MPEG-2 standard. This paper discusses some MPEG background and initial MPEG-2 conformance testing for interoperability at CableLabs´ testing laboratory. The methodology for performing encoder/decoder compliance testing is explained. Software and hardware platforms to support MPEG-2 bitstream interoperability presented

Keywords

audio coding; audio equipment; automatic test equipment; code standards; conformance testing; decoding; telecommunication equipment testing; telecommunication standards; video coding; video equipment; Cable Television Laboratories; MPEG-2 bitstream interoperability; MPEG-2 conformance testing; MPEG-2 interoperability; MPEG-2 standard; consumer electronics equipment; encoder/decoder compliance testing; hardware platforms; laboratory; software platforms; Cable TV; Consumer electronics; Decoding; Digital audio broadcasting; Digital video broadcasting; Electronic equipment testing; Hardware; Laboratories; Performance evaluation; Standardization; Transform coding; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Applications in Communications, 1996. Proceedings., First Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7585-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETACOM.1996.502474

Filename

502474