Field Test Results of the ATSC VSB Transmission System

The Grand Alliance, a consortium formed in May 1993 by AT&T, David Sarnoff Research Center, General Instrument Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Philips Electronics North America Corporation, Thomson Consumer Electronics, and Zenith Electronics Corporation, proposed the use of the eight-level, vestigial sideband (8-VSB) transmission subsystem for Advanced Television (ATV) broadcast service after extensive comparative testing of 8-VSB and 32-QAM at the laboratories of the Advanced Television Test Center (ATTC) and CableLabs. A high-data-rate 16-VSB transmission subsystem was proposed for cable use. A description of the VSB transmission system can be found in References [1], [2], and [3]. The Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS), an all-industry committee originally formed in 1987 to assist the FCC in establishing a new television service to replace the NTSC system currently in use, approved this VSB transmission subsystem recommendation as one component of the high definition television (HDTV) system under development

Published

1996-10

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M001268

ISBN

978-1-61482-947-8