Product Description
by Yasuo Takahashi (Author), James Rodney Santiago (Author), Masayuki Ito (Author)
This is the first English handbook devoted to Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T), one of the most widely used terrestrial television broadcasting standards originally developed in Japan. This book has been planned and carefully designed to provide an essential overview, and detailed specific information, on every technical element of the ISDB-T system and is organized into four parts. The following are the parts:
- The core technology elements of an ISDB-T system, including Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), hierarchical transmission, error correction, multiplexing, Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) video/audio coding, and datacasting. It also covers some principles and fundamental technologies that are common to the digital terrestrial broadcast systems.
- Basic receiver types, overall receiver structure, RF synchronization techniques and fixed/mobile reception technology. For mobile reception, the focus is on the One-Seg narrow band reception technology.
- A number of key issues in the deployment of broadcast networks, such as contents delivery network design, Signal Frequency Network (SFN) design, signal quality measurement of ISDB-T RadioFrequency (RF) signal and Emergency Warning Broadcast
- Topics associated with regulatory matters including frequency allocation and channel planning
Author Biography
Masayuki ITO He is currently a Technical Officer and a Deputy Director of the Broadcasting Technology Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan. He joined the ministry in 1999 and has been in charge of the frequency allocation policy coordination, international promotion of ISDB-T and the chief information officer at Maebashi City Government. He received a M.S. in Computer Science in 1994 from the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, and a M.P.A. in 2003 from Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University. Yasuo TAKAHASHI He is a technology consultant in the broadcasting engineering field. He had been working for the Toshiba corporation in the field of design and development of broadcast equipment. He served as a chief researcher in the Digital Broadcasting System laboratory in Toshiba, in the meantime, he engaged in development of the ISDB-T first transmission test motel as a proof of design concept of the ARIB STD-B31 standard. He later served as the chairman of DiBEG promoting ISDB-T technology for Latin American and South-East Asian countries. He graduated from the Engineering Department at Kyoto University in 1967. Member of IEC TC103 national committee, international expert of Japan of 19/NP (method of measurement for digital terrestrial transmitter) (2000-2012), Vice rapporteur of ITU-D SG2 Q11-3/2 (2011-2013) James Rodney P. SANTIAGO Currently, he is a Consultant for the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) whose main task is to provide policy insights for the Digital TV migration and the Corporate Directions Inc., Japan for the promotional activity and channel plan for the NTC. Major Awards he has received include: the International Telecommunications Union Association Japan award for contribution in the dissemination of Digital Television Technology around the world (May 17, 2012), the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union with the Broadcast Engineering Industry Excellence award (October 17, 2012), cite for the honor given to the Philippines by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas in December, 2012 and an Outstanding Electronics Engineer by the Institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of the Philippines (December, 2014). He is a graduate of Adamson University in 1996, a licensed Professional Electronics Engineer since 2012 and with a Masters Degree in Electronics Engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology.
