CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
ELEC 691X – Broadcast Signal Transmission
Fall 2015
Instructor:
Dr. M. R. Soleymani,
Office: EV-5.125, Telephone: 848-2424 ext: 4103.
Time: Tuesdays, 14:45 to 17:30
Room: H 411
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:
Assignment:
5%
Project: 20%
Midterm :
25%
Final Examination: 50%
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% assigned to the test.