The ATSC Digital Television System

Author

Richer, Mark S. ; Reitmeier, Glenn ; Gurley, Tom ; Jones, Graham A. ; Whitaker, Jerry ; Rast, Robert

Author_Institution

Adv. Telev. Syst. Comm., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

94

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

43

Abstract

The ATSC digital television standard describes a system designed to transmit high-quality video and audio, and ancillary data within a single 6-MHz terrestrial television broadcast channel. This paper outlines the overall architecture of the system and serves as an introduction to the papers that follow in this special issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE.

Keywords

digital television; 6 MHz; ATSC digital television standard; Advanced Television Systems Committee; MPEG-2; advanced common application platform; ancillary data; digital television system; high quality audio; high quality video; interactive television; program and system information protocol; terrestrial television broadcast channel; Cameras; Digital TV; Digital audio broadcasting; Digital systems; Digital video broadcasting; IEC standards; ISO standards; TV broadcasting; Transform coding; Video compression; 8-VSB; Advanced Common Application Platform (ACAP); Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC); MPEG-2; Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP); compression; digital television; interactive television;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2005.861714

Filename

1566619