Data Broadcasting: Understanding the ATSC Data Broadcast Standard [Hardcover]

Richard S. Chernock (Author), Regis J. Crinon (Author), John R. Mick Jr. (Author), Jr., John R. Mick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071375902 | ISBN-13: 978-0071375900 | Publication Date: April 16, 2001 | Edition: 1

A ROADMAP FOR IMPLEMENTING THE ATSC DATA BROADCAST STANDARD The ATSC Data Broadcast Standard provides the means to transform digital TV signals from plain vanilla audio/video to 57-flavor broadband digital data delivery, opening a universe of device and service possibilities. Authored by four of the standard’s lead writers -- Richard Chernock, Regis Crinon, Michael Dolan, and John R. Mick, Jr. -- Data Broadcasting is the first guide to the new ATSC standard.

These experts help you:

*Understand the concepts behind standard provisions for carrying any type of data over MPEG-2 data transport mechanisms
*Implement the standard in real-world service creation and rollouts
*Enable a new generation of set-top boxes, hand-held devices, and PC add-in cards for handling both data and streaming video
*Configure stand-alone data injection and data injection associated with video and audio programs
*Define the optimal transmittal method for any type of data
*Resolve system architecture, receiver-reference design, data categorization, and encapsulation questions
*Solve announcement, and discovery and binding mechanisms problems
*Avoid implementation pitfalls with encapsulation examples, illustrated layering, and buffer models

Editorial Reviews

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"I think this is a fantastic project. If this book could be ready in time for NAB next year, it would be a home-run. It is quite possible that NAB would buy into it too. I see no downside from this project for DTV 3e, which covers data broadcasting but only in a small way; I would not expect to lose any sales of DTV 3e to a data boradcasting book. I urge you to move forward with this project." Jerry Whitaker, Series Advisor

From the Back Cover

ROADMAP TO IMPLEMENTATION FROM KEY WRITERS OF THE STANDARD

Make sure your system works out of the gate—and get out of the gate faster—with this first guide to the new ATSC standard, from four of its lead writers

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO A REVOLUTIONARY STANDARD

The ATSC Data Broadcast Standard provides the means to transform digital TV signals from plain vanilla audio/video to 57-flavor broadband digital data delivery, opening a universe of device and service possibilities. This book tells you how—and how not—to perform this miracle and implement these marvels. Just as importantly, it tells you why to do it in certain ways.

COMPLEXITY CLARIFIED Complex standards such as the new ATSC A/90 confuse as often as they clarify. But this guide from lead writers of the ATSC Data Broadcast Standard can help you avoid head-banging and stumbles by explaining the ins, outs, ups, downs, whys, and wherefores of the standard’s provisions. When you understand why the standard was written the way it was, the correct steps in implementation make a lot more sense and seem less complex.

LET THE GUYS WHO WROTE IT HELP YOU IMPLEMENT IT Written by key creators of the standard—from IBM Research, SkyStream Networks, Intel Corporation, and others—Data Broadcasting can help you:

*Understand the concepts behind standard provisions for carrying any type of data over MPEG-2 data transport mechanisms
*Comprehend the MPEG-2 Systems standard, the foundation for all DTV data carriage
*Implement the standard in real-world service creation and rollouts with roadmap in hand
*Enable a new generation of set-top boxes, hand-held devices, and PC add-in cards for handling both data and streaming video
*Configure stand-alone data injection and data injection associated with video and audio programs
*Define the optimal transmittal method for any type of data
*Resolve system architecture, receiver-reference design, data categorization, and encapsulation questions
*Solve announcement, discovery, and binding mechanisms problems
*Avoid implementation pitfalls with encapsulation examples, illustrated layering, and buffer models
*Necessary for both emission and receiver design engineers

“A home-run.” --Jerry Whitaker, author of DTV, Second Edition

Aimed at engineers, technicians, and managers in TV, video, broadcast, telecom, and networking, this book closes the gap between broadcast and data communications. It’s the first in-depth look at practical applications of a standard that’s going to change the entire broadcast industry in a heartbeat. It is, in short, essential.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 621 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (April 16, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071375902
• ISBN-13: 978-0071375900
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,578,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great MPEG Systems reference too, March 27, 2002

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Mark K. Eyer (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Data Broadcasting: Understanding the ATSC Data Broadcast Standard (Hardcover)

I found this book to be a great resource for the engineering and design fundamentals that relate to the question "how is all that data formatted and organized in digital television broadcasting?" The MPEG-2 Systems Standard is one of the foundations of digital television. If you're interested in how MPEG-2 really works at the system level, you'll find this book an excellent resource. The chapter on MPEG Transport by itself is worth the price of the book, but it also does a great job explaining another arcane MPEG-2 Standard, Digital Storage Media Command and Control (DSM-CC). It turns out DSM-CC is very useful in data broadcasting, but if you were to pick up the IEC standard itself and try to make sense of it, you'd find it very challenging.

Even though broadcasters have not started transmitting data along with digital television, this book sets the framework for understanding how it will be done. It's written by those experts in the field who actually designed the standard, so you know the information is accurate.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great work, February 27, 2002

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LO YIP BONG - See all my reviews

This review is from: Data Broadcasting: Understanding the ATSC Data Broadcast Standard (Hardcover)

I highly recommend this book to all those who develop or maintain data broadcasting systems.

The good point is that it is not at all a replication of the specification (though a true copy of the A/90 spec is added as an appendix). The concepts are clear, progressive and sufficiently illustrated.

Chapter 3 alone tells you most you need to know about MPEG-2 Systems standard. I gained extra insight from it even after I had studied the original 13818-1 spec.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Work, October 30, 2001

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Adam Goldberg (Fairfax, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Data Broadcasting: Understanding the ATSC Data Broadcast Standard (Hardcover)

This book, written by several of data broadcast specification authors, is The Definitive Work on the ATSC Data Broadcast specification.

If you are an implementer of data broadcasting, you need exactly two things: a copy of the specification and a copy of this book.