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Of all faculties

The students become familiar with selected digital television and radio standards used at present time in TV and radio techiques area and their development in the nearest future.

The subject knowledge on the Master´s degree level is requested.

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Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and they are updated every year.

Lectures:
1. Digital television and audio broadcasting fundamentals according to DVB and DMB.
2. Digitization of the video image and sound in LDTV, SDTV, HDTV applications.
3. Video image and sound source coding and MPEG based compressions.
4. Forward error correction against transmission errors in digital television DVB.
5. Digital modulation in DVB transmission (M-PSK, M-QAM, multiplex OFDM).
6. Digital television and broadcasting standards - DVB-S/S2, DVB-C/C2, DVB-T/T2.
7. Digital terrestrial and satellite broadcasting for handhelds - DVB-H/SH.
8. Digital audio broadcasting with multimedia and services - DAB, DAB+, DMB.
9. Television receivers (set-top boxes) with digital processing of DVB-T/T2.
10. DVB-T/T2 television transmitters, SFN networks and MPEG-2 TS multiplexes.
11. Transmission channels and links influence on video image quality of DVB services.
12. Datacasting - Electronic Program Guide, interactivity, MHP, DVB-IPDC, IPTV.

Laboratory exercise:
1. Image coding and compression of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC.
2. Forward error correction influence on video image quality.
3. DVB-T terrestrial digital television and signal measurements.
4. Receiver and set-top box measurements in DVB-T.
5. Transport stream MPEG-2 TS analyzer and decoder.
6. DVB-S to DVB-C converter and digital cable television measurements.
7. DVB-S/S2 digital TV signal measurements from Astra satellite (including HDTV).
8. Transmission errors evaluation and digital video quality measurements in DVB-T.

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The aim of the course is to make students familiar with the selected digital television and radio standards used at present time in TV and radio techiques area and to give some idea of their development in the nearest future.

The content and forms of instructions in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and they are updated for every academic year.

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