EEE 494/ EES 412 Digital Television - Spring Semester 2018-2019
This course basically covers digital video (television) broadcasting
systems. The subject is broad and only underlying principles are
emphasized.
Contents
- Analog Television: a review of monochrome and color TV standards (NTSC, PAL, SECAM, MAC).
- Digitization of video signals (The 4:2:3 format, the 4:2:0 format, SIF, CIF, and QCIF. High definition formats 720p, 1080i).
- Source coding: compression video and audio signals.
Variable length coding. Compression applied to images: the discrete
cosine transform. Compression of fixed pictures (JPEG).
Compression of moving pictures (MPEG-1, MPEG-2). The MPEG-4.10 video
compression standard (H.264/AVC). Compression of audio signals.
- Channel coding (forward error correction).
Energy dispersal. Reed-solomon coding. Forvey convolutional interleaving. Convolutional coding.
Textbooks:
- Digital Television Systems. Marcelo S. Alencar. Cambridge University Press. 2009.
- Digital Television: Technology and Standards. John F. Arnold, Michael R. Frater, Mark R. Pickering. Wiley. 2007.
- The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard. Iain E. Richardson. Wiley. 2010.
Matlab File(s):
- Interlacing in the frequency domain and NTSC-Color - EEE494TV.m
Spring Semester 2017-2018
Midterm exam questions and answers
Grades
Content of final exam
- Two 6x6 size sequantial images are given. The block size is 2x2. Compute movement vector and error beetween initial and destinition of an object. Employ correlation measure to estimate movement.
- Generate Hamming code. Obtain and correct error in the received message if exists.
- Write and describe MPEG-1 layers in hierarchical order. rite and describe MPEG-1 picture types.
- Given constellation diagram for QAM signal. Obtain the binary sequence corresponding to a QAM signal.