Course
Summary
There
has been a quantum shift, imperceptible to the viewer, in
the technology used to bring television into the home: the
winning choice is digital technology. Digital TV (DTV) is
the umbrella term used to describe the new digital television
system adopted by the FCC in December 1996; DTV is a technology,
and HDTV is just one subset of the DTV.
The objective
of the course is to bring the participants gracefully through
all the DTV structure, features, and theory...then give them
more practical information on subjects such as decoding issues,
display problems, conversion, baseband data stream handling,
etc. The course will also provide an in depth and structured
introduction to the technology, its uses, opportunities/possibilities,
and limitations. Digital TV is not simply the numerical equivalent
to traditional analog television: the issues of becoming digital
are covered, as well as the relevant compression technologies.
Participants
will enhance there knowledge on the principles of transmission,
as well as problems and opportunities of data delivery through
terrestrial, satellite and cable networks. Insight is also
provided on the receiver issues and how they will handle the
format conversion as well as conditional access. Participants
will gain a point-by-point understanding of the DTV layered
architecture, DTV transmission requirements, multiplexing,
MPEG switching, audio components, compatibility with today’s
analog TV, and more.
Course
Objectives
1. Provide
background for understanding the DTV standards
2. Discuss
enabling technologies
3. Review
the fundamentals of underlying modulation techniques
4. Discuss
specifics of ATSC, DVB-B-C Systems
5. Discuss
critical design issues
6. Discuss
technical aspects related to copy protection
7. Discuss
basic problems in the system integration
8. Discuss
opportunities and obstacle
Who Should
Attend
The course
is intended for video engineers who will have to use the technology,
not compression designers. The mathematics of compression
techniques are discussed briefly, but the focus of the course
is on providing a qualitative understanding of the processes
involved rather than their detailed analysis. If you are looking
for real world answers and direction toward solutions, this
course is for you.
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