DocumentCode
2974041
Title
Distant education system over FM SST broadcast channels
Author
Steyn, P. ; Kunicki, J.S. ; Fereirra, H.C.
Author_Institution
Lab. for Cybern., Rand Afrikaans Univ., Johannesburg, South Africa
Volume
2
fYear
1996
fDate
24-27 Sep 1996
Firstpage
603
Abstract
The authors present a distant education system using the supplementary signal transmission (SST) channel. This system is based on≫OPEN"/slide-show-like” lectures. To accomplish this, text and/or JPEG images accompanied by a real-time audio signal are sent over the SST channel
Keywords
broadcasting; data compression; education; frequency modulation; image coding; telecommunication channels; visual communication; FM SST broadcast channels; JPEG images; SST channel; Viterbi decoder; distant education system; image coding; image transmission; real-time audio signal; slide show like lectures; Africa; Bandwidth; Baseband; Costs; Cybernetics; Distance learning; Educational institutions; FCC; Satellite broadcasting; TV broadcasting;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
AFRICON, 1996., IEEE AFRICON 4th
Conference_Location
Stellenbosch
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3019-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AFRCON.1996.562957
Filename
562957
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