CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ELEC 691X/498X – Broadcast Signal Transmission

Winter 2017

Instructor:

Dr. M. R. Soleymani, Office: EV-5.125, Telephone: 848-2424 ext: 4103.

Time: Wednesdays, 17:45 to 20:15

Room: FG C080

Office Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, 14:00 – 15:00

Areas to be Covered:

• Digital Transmission Standards (ATSC, DVB-T/T2, DVB-S/S2).
• Video Compression Techniques: MPEG-2, H.264, HEVC, J2K.
• Performance measures for Digital TV: Noise, Error, Impairments.
• Packet Structure: Tables (PAT, PMT).
• Multiplexing and De-multiplexing.
• Channel Coding and Modulation for Digital Television.
• Cyclic codes
• Digital TV Transmitters: Up/converters, Power Amplifiers, Combiners, Equalizers and pre-correctors.
• Transmission Lines: Cables, Wave Guides, link budget calculation.
• Transmitting Antennas for Digital Broadcasting.
• Advanced Topics: COFDM, LDPC Codes.
• Satellite Broadcasting.
• IPTV and Multi-platform formats.

Textbook:

Ioannis Pitas, Digital video and television – April 16, 2013

References:

• A/53: ATSC Digital Television Standard: Parts 1-6, 2007.
• ETSI EN 300 744 V1.6.1 (2009-01) Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for digital terrestrial television.
• ETSI EN 302 307 V1.2.1 (2009-08) Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Second generation framing structure, channel coding and modulation systems for Broadcasting,

Interactive Services, News Gathering and other broadband satellite applications (DVB-S2).

• H264 (05/2003) Advanced video coding for generic audiovisual services, Telecommunication Standardization Section of ITU.
• Gerald W. Collins, Fundamentals of Digital Television Transmission, John Wiley and Sons, 2001.
• Lecture Notes.

Grading Scheme:

Graduate Students:

Assignment: 5%

Project: 20%

Midterm : 25% (February 15, 2017)

Sample Midterm

Final Examination: 50%

Final Sample

Undergraduate Students:

Assignment: 10%

Midterm: 30% (February 15, 2017)

Final Examination: 60%

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

• Exams will be closed book, only a crib-sheet will be allowed.
• In order to pass the course, you should get at least 60% in the final.
• Failing to write a Midterm results in losing the 25% (or 30%) assigned to the test.