Title :
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
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;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2005.861714
