Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Technologies and Implementation Status
Digital broadcasting has been an area of active
research, development, innovation and business models development
in recent years. This paper presents a survey on the characteristics of
the digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB) standards, and
implementation status of DTTB worldwide showing the standards
adopted. It is clear that only the developed countries and some in the
developing ones shall be able to beat the ITU set analogue to digital
broadcasting migration deadline because of the challenges that these
countries faces in digitizing their terrestrial broadcasting. The
challenges to keep on track the DTTB migration plan are also
discussed in this paper. They include financial, technology gap,
policies alignment with DTTB technology, etc. The reported
performance comparisons for the different standards are also
presented. The interesting part is that the results for many
comparative studies depends to a large extent on the objective behind
such studies, hence counter claims are common.
[1] ATSC, "A/53: ATSC Digital Television Standard Parts 1-6", A/53 Part
1-6 ATSC Document, 3 Jan. 2007.
[2] ATSC, "Standard for Coding 25/50 Hz Video", A/63 ATSC Document,
7th May 1997.
[3] ATSC, "ATSC Standard: Video System Characteristics of AVC in the
ATSC Digital Television System", A/72 Part 1 ATSC Document, 29 Jul.
2008.
[4] ATSC, "A/72 Part 2: AVC Video Transport Subsystem Characteristics
ATSC Standard: AVC Video Transport Subsystem Characteristics",
A/72 Part 2 ATSC Document, 29 July 2008.
[5] M.R. Chari, F. Ling, A. Mantravadi, R. Krishnamoorthi, R. Vijayan,
G.K. Walker, R. Chandhok, "FLO Physical Layer: Overview", IEEE
Transactions On Broadcasting, Vol. 53, No. 1, Pt. 2, pp. 145-160,
March 2007.
[6] ITU-T, "Information Technology - Generic Coding of Moving Pictures
and Associated Audio Information: Video", ITU-T Recommendation
H.262, Jul 1995, http://www.itu.int/rec/dologin_pub.asp?lang=e&id=TREC-
H.262-199507-S!!PDF-E&type=items.
[7] T. Wiegand, G.J. Sullivan, G. Bjontegaard, A. Luthra, "Overview of the
H.264 / AVC Video Coding Standard", IEEE Transactions On Circuits
And Systems For Video Technology, Jul. 2003, pp. 1-19.
[8] T. Toji, "Digital TV Broadcast in Japan", ISDB-T Seminar by Ministry
of Internal and Communications, Japan, Lima Peru, Oct. 2007.
[9] ABERT/SET Brazilian digital television tests;
http://set.com.br/artigos/nab.pps.
[10] L. Ming, M. Crussiere, J.F. Helard, O.P. Pasquero, "Analysis and
performance comparison of DVB-T and DTMB systems for terrestrial
digital TV", Proceedings of 11th IEEE International Conference on
Communication Systems (ICCS), 19-21 Nov. 2008, Singapore, pp. 1399
- 1404.
[11] ASTRI, "Report on Enhanced Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast
(E-DTMB) system technical trial", Hong Kong Applied Science and
Technology Research Institute Company Ltd (ASTRI) Report, V1.0, Jan
2012.
[12] ASTRI, "Report on Enhanced Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast
(E-DTMB) system technical trial in Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin",
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
Company Ltd E-DTMB technical trial report, 03 Jan. 2012.
[13] X. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Li, S. Tang, J. Song, "Embedded
transmission of multi-service over DTMB system", IEEE Transactions
on Broadcasting, Vol. 56 No. 4, pp. 504-513, Dec. 2010.
[14] P.N. Hai, "World-wide Digital Television Migration Current Status",
Proceedings of NBTC-ITU Asia Pacific Regional Workshop on
Roadmap for Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television
Broadcasting, 2nd March 2012, Bangkok, Thailand.
[15] D. Mugabe, "Digital TV: Is Uganda ready?", The New Vision
Newspaper, 25th Nov. 2009.
[16] The Commission establishes a new approach for Canadian conventional
television; http://www.crtc.gc.ca/NEWS/RELEASES/r070517.htm.
[17] DECRETO por el que se establecen las acciones que deberán llevarse a
cabo por la Administraci├│n P├║blica Federal para concretar la transici├│n a
la Televisi├│n Digital Terrestre. Diario Oficial de la Federacion: 2 Sept.
2010.
[18] El Diario de Hoy, El Salvador prepara el salto a la TV Digital, July 11,
2010.
[19] ATSC, "El Salvador Adopts ATSC Digital Television Standard", March
11, Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Report, 2009.
[20] "The Argentina Choose the Standard Japanese Digital Television", 26th
Aug. 2009, http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/08/26/um/m-
01986265.htm.
[21] Diberg.org, "Chile adopts ISDB-T", 14th Sept. 2009,
http://www.dibeg.org/news/2009/0909Chile_Adopted/Chile_adopts_ISD
B-T_0909.htm.
[22] "Ecuador is ready to migrate to Digital TV", 17 Sept. 2010;
http://dataxisnews.com/?p=22342.
[23] "Paraguay Takes the Digital Television Standard Japanese-Brazilian", 1
jun. 2010, http://www.ultimahora.com/notas/326947-Paraguay-adoptala-
norma-de-televisi%C3%B3n-digital-japonesa--brasile%C3%B1a.
[24] Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIC), "Republic of the Philippines Signed
the Rules to Adopt the Japanese Digital Terrestrial Television
Broadcasting System", 11 Jun. 2010, http://www.soumu.go.jp
/menu_news/s-news/02ryutsu08_02000043 .html.
[25] Los Tiempos, "Bolivia adopt digital TV system Japanese-Brazilian who
governed from 2011", 7th May 2010,
http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20100705/bolivi
a-adoptara-el-sistema-digital-de-tv-japones-brasileno-queregira_
78803_148904.html.
[26] GEMNET, "DVB-T and ISDB-T Comparative Test Results",
Presentation 9, October 10, 2008, Rembrandt Hotel, Quezon City.
[27] M. Shimabuku, Z. Zheng, T. Wada, "FEC Performance Evaluation of
ISDB-T and DTMB Systems for Terrestrial Digital TV", Proceedings of
the 25th International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems,
Computers and Communications, 4th Jul. 2010, Pattaya, Thailand, pp.
496-499.
[28] T. Kuroda, "Switching On to ISDB-T Digital", Highlighting Japan, pp
20-21, Sept. 2010.
[29] N. Hendrich, J. Zhang, "The MING-T approach to multi-standard
network Convergence", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference
on Mobile Multimedia Communications (ICST 2008), 7th-9th Jul 2008,
Oulu, Finland.
[30] P.N. Hai, "Digital Television Migration Technical Aspects",
Proceedings of ITU Regional Workshop and Frequency Coordination
meeting on the Transition to Digital Terrestrial Television and the
Digital Dividend, 21-26 May 2012, Bridgetown, Barbados.
[31] SADIBA, "Selecting a Standard for Digital Terrestrial Television in SA
and SADC", SADIBA study report on DVB-T and ISDB-T comparative
to Workshop on Digital Terrestrial Television Standards Updates and
Reviews, 16 Jul 2010.
[32] ATSC Planning Team 2, "Final Report on ATSC 3.0: Next Generation
Broadcast Television", ATSC PT2-046r11 Final Report, 21 Sept. 2011.
[1] ATSC, "A/53: ATSC Digital Television Standard Parts 1-6", A/53 Part
1-6 ATSC Document, 3 Jan. 2007.
[2] ATSC, "Standard for Coding 25/50 Hz Video", A/63 ATSC Document,
7th May 1997.
[3] ATSC, "ATSC Standard: Video System Characteristics of AVC in the
ATSC Digital Television System", A/72 Part 1 ATSC Document, 29 Jul.
2008.
[4] ATSC, "A/72 Part 2: AVC Video Transport Subsystem Characteristics
ATSC Standard: AVC Video Transport Subsystem Characteristics",
A/72 Part 2 ATSC Document, 29 July 2008.
[5] M.R. Chari, F. Ling, A. Mantravadi, R. Krishnamoorthi, R. Vijayan,
G.K. Walker, R. Chandhok, "FLO Physical Layer: Overview", IEEE
Transactions On Broadcasting, Vol. 53, No. 1, Pt. 2, pp. 145-160,
March 2007.
[6] ITU-T, "Information Technology - Generic Coding of Moving Pictures
and Associated Audio Information: Video", ITU-T Recommendation
H.262, Jul 1995, http://www.itu.int/rec/dologin_pub.asp?lang=e&id=TREC-
H.262-199507-S!!PDF-E&type=items.
[7] T. Wiegand, G.J. Sullivan, G. Bjontegaard, A. Luthra, "Overview of the
H.264 / AVC Video Coding Standard", IEEE Transactions On Circuits
And Systems For Video Technology, Jul. 2003, pp. 1-19.
[8] T. Toji, "Digital TV Broadcast in Japan", ISDB-T Seminar by Ministry
of Internal and Communications, Japan, Lima Peru, Oct. 2007.
[9] ABERT/SET Brazilian digital television tests;
http://set.com.br/artigos/nab.pps.
[10] L. Ming, M. Crussiere, J.F. Helard, O.P. Pasquero, "Analysis and
performance comparison of DVB-T and DTMB systems for terrestrial
digital TV", Proceedings of 11th IEEE International Conference on
Communication Systems (ICCS), 19-21 Nov. 2008, Singapore, pp. 1399
- 1404.
[11] ASTRI, "Report on Enhanced Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast
(E-DTMB) system technical trial", Hong Kong Applied Science and
Technology Research Institute Company Ltd (ASTRI) Report, V1.0, Jan
2012.
[12] ASTRI, "Report on Enhanced Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast
(E-DTMB) system technical trial in Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin",
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
Company Ltd E-DTMB technical trial report, 03 Jan. 2012.
[13] X. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Li, S. Tang, J. Song, "Embedded
transmission of multi-service over DTMB system", IEEE Transactions
on Broadcasting, Vol. 56 No. 4, pp. 504-513, Dec. 2010.
[14] P.N. Hai, "World-wide Digital Television Migration Current Status",
Proceedings of NBTC-ITU Asia Pacific Regional Workshop on
Roadmap for Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television
Broadcasting, 2nd March 2012, Bangkok, Thailand.
[15] D. Mugabe, "Digital TV: Is Uganda ready?", The New Vision
Newspaper, 25th Nov. 2009.
[16] The Commission establishes a new approach for Canadian conventional
television; http://www.crtc.gc.ca/NEWS/RELEASES/r070517.htm.
[17] DECRETO por el que se establecen las acciones que deberán llevarse a
cabo por la Administraci├│n P├║blica Federal para concretar la transici├│n a
la Televisi├│n Digital Terrestre. Diario Oficial de la Federacion: 2 Sept.
2010.
[18] El Diario de Hoy, El Salvador prepara el salto a la TV Digital, July 11,
2010.
[19] ATSC, "El Salvador Adopts ATSC Digital Television Standard", March
11, Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Report, 2009.
[20] "The Argentina Choose the Standard Japanese Digital Television", 26th
Aug. 2009, http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/08/26/um/m-
01986265.htm.
[21] Diberg.org, "Chile adopts ISDB-T", 14th Sept. 2009,
http://www.dibeg.org/news/2009/0909Chile_Adopted/Chile_adopts_ISD
B-T_0909.htm.
[22] "Ecuador is ready to migrate to Digital TV", 17 Sept. 2010;
http://dataxisnews.com/?p=22342.
[23] "Paraguay Takes the Digital Television Standard Japanese-Brazilian", 1
jun. 2010, http://www.ultimahora.com/notas/326947-Paraguay-adoptala-
norma-de-televisi%C3%B3n-digital-japonesa--brasile%C3%B1a.
[24] Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIC), "Republic of the Philippines Signed
the Rules to Adopt the Japanese Digital Terrestrial Television
Broadcasting System", 11 Jun. 2010, http://www.soumu.go.jp
/menu_news/s-news/02ryutsu08_02000043 .html.
[25] Los Tiempos, "Bolivia adopt digital TV system Japanese-Brazilian who
governed from 2011", 7th May 2010,
http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20100705/bolivi
a-adoptara-el-sistema-digital-de-tv-japones-brasileno-queregira_
78803_148904.html.
[26] GEMNET, "DVB-T and ISDB-T Comparative Test Results",
Presentation 9, October 10, 2008, Rembrandt Hotel, Quezon City.
[27] M. Shimabuku, Z. Zheng, T. Wada, "FEC Performance Evaluation of
ISDB-T and DTMB Systems for Terrestrial Digital TV", Proceedings of
the 25th International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems,
Computers and Communications, 4th Jul. 2010, Pattaya, Thailand, pp.
496-499.
[28] T. Kuroda, "Switching On to ISDB-T Digital", Highlighting Japan, pp
20-21, Sept. 2010.
[29] N. Hendrich, J. Zhang, "The MING-T approach to multi-standard
network Convergence", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference
on Mobile Multimedia Communications (ICST 2008), 7th-9th Jul 2008,
Oulu, Finland.
[30] P.N. Hai, "Digital Television Migration Technical Aspects",
Proceedings of ITU Regional Workshop and Frequency Coordination
meeting on the Transition to Digital Terrestrial Television and the
Digital Dividend, 21-26 May 2012, Bridgetown, Barbados.
[31] SADIBA, "Selecting a Standard for Digital Terrestrial Television in SA
and SADC", SADIBA study report on DVB-T and ISDB-T comparative
to Workshop on Digital Terrestrial Television Standards Updates and
Reviews, 16 Jul 2010.
[32] ATSC Planning Team 2, "Final Report on ATSC 3.0: Next Generation
Broadcast Television", ATSC PT2-046r11 Final Report, 21 Sept. 2011.
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research, development, innovation and business models development
in recent years. This paper presents a survey on the characteristics of
the digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB) standards, and
implementation status of DTTB worldwide showing the standards
adopted. It is clear that only the developed countries and some in the
developing ones shall be able to beat the ITU set analogue to digital
broadcasting migration deadline because of the challenges that these
countries faces in digitizing their terrestrial broadcasting. The
challenges to keep on track the DTTB migration plan are also
discussed in this paper. They include financial, technology gap,
policies alignment with DTTB technology, etc. The reported
performance comparisons for the different standards are also
presented. The interesting part is that the results for many
comparative studies depends to a large extent on the objective behind
such studies, hence counter claims are common.", keywords = "Digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB)
technologies, DTTB standards comparison, DTTB implementation.", volume = "7", number = "3", pages = "304-6", }
