Broadcasting with digital audio

Digital audio broadcasting will come on-line worldwide in the next few years. The technology-also known as digital audio radio or digital sound broadcasting-promises to provide sound of compact-disk quality, nearly free from multipath distortion or other transmission interferences. And digital audio broadcasting (DAB) is not just for sound: all sorts of information, digitally encoded, will be transmitted. Testing is already under way around the world for systems that deliver DAB signals from satellites, from terrestrial systems using newly assigned spectral bands, and from in-band (that is, currently assigned) AM and FM systems. The author discusses spectra for DAB, perceptual coding, Europe's Eureka 147 system, and DAB research in Canada, the USA, and Japan     

Satellite data distribution in video transponder band-edge using512 Kb/s SQAM

The experimental results of a one-month system field trial using a 512 kb/s superposed quadrature amplitude modulation (SQAM) satellite transceiver are described. The impact of cochannel and adjacent channel interference on the computer-simulated and measured performance of the band-edge system is investigated, and the corresponding bit error rate (BER) is analyzed. As an example application, International Datacasting Corporation's digital audio broadcasting system is discussed. The dispersed spectrum of the video carrier interference is found to be sufficiently low in power to allow high-performance band-edge data transmission with excellent BER. The data link provided 99.8% error-free minutes over a 24-h broadcasting period with degradation to neither video picture quality nor to subcarrier services. Close to compact disc quality digital audio was delivered     

Unequal error protection by modulation with unequal power allocation

In digital communication systems for speech, audio or video signals the individual bits of the transmitted parameters u exhibit different bit error sensitivities. Usually channel coding with unequal error protection (UEP) is applied. However, some transmission systems do not include channel coding for several reasons. For this situation, a novel concept is proposed which achieves UEP by allocating different transmission power to individual bits according to their bit error sensitivities. The optimization criterion for unequal power allocation is the mean square of the error between the original parameter-u and the decoded parameter u which has a strong correlation with subjective perception.     

Hybrid transmission of analogue PAL and digital 64-QAM CATVchannels

A system experiment for fibre optic hybrid transmission of analogue CATV BK 300 and 1.8 Gbit/s with 64-QAM channels has been realised. It has been shown that additional transmission of 1.8 Gbit/s of compressed digital video (MPEG) using 64-QAM is possible without a significant degradation of the laser clipping rate. Measured bit error rates are compared with simulation results based on impulsive clipping noise     

基于小波变换和音质模型的音频编码算法研究

音频编码要解决的问题是以最小感知失真用低速率表达音频信号.本文设计了一种基于正交小波变换和音质模型的自适应比特分配音频编码算法,它可以将1411.2kbit/s的双声道立体声高保真音频信号压缩成低至32kbit/s的速率,并保持很好的音频质量.     

Fiber-optic digital video distribution system for usinghigh-definition television signals using laser-diode optical switch

A fiber-optic high-definition television (HDTV) distribution system is discussed, which economically distributes HDTV signals to customers at a bit rate of about 100 Mb/s. The subscriber network is formed in a star topology to facilitate bidirectional connection. The distribution system uses digital video transmission at 1.3 μm wavelength using single-mode fiber. The video channel selection is made by an optical video selector. The optical selector consists of laser diode optical switch modules, which have a gain in the `ON' state and two-input, two-output 3 dB couplers. The authors describe the bit error rate characteristics of a signal-mode fiber digital distribution system using a four-input, one-output optical selector     

Digital outside-broadcasting-link using OFDM modulation scheme

A study on digital broadcasting systems has been conducted for the multimedia era. Regarding program production, a digital outside-broadcasting-link (OBL), in particular, from mobile source is required to gather digital video and audio sources in severe multipath environments. The orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation scheme is robust under multipath fading conditions. A digital OFDM modem for OBL in the 800 MHz band has been developed to enable stable transmission of digital sources from moving vehicles. In the experimental OFDM-OBL, the compressed digital video and audio data are distributed to 572 carriers in the 9 MHz bandwidth, using differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK) modulation for each carrier. In computer simulation and indoor/outdoor experiments, it is confirmed that digital OFDM-OBL can stably transmit signals, even under severe multipath fading conditions, while pictures transmitted with conventional FM-OBL are seriously degraded. This paper describes the features of the OFDM modem for the digital OBL which transmits program sources from moving vehicles, and also discusses aspects of gathering digital program sources     

音频信号的数字处理及其应用设计

提出了2.4G无线影音传输系统中的数字音频传输方案,介绍了AES/EBU数字音频接口标准,并详细阐述了系统的关键技术,包括差错掩盖技术和天线切换技术。采用差错掩盖技术,可以消除“噼啪”声;而运用天线切换技术,提高了音频信号接收质量,有效地抑制干扰,提升了系统的性能。     

空间激光通信中智能高速模拟数据源的研制

在开展综合信息系统演示试验前,为了实现激光通信系统的单独测试,需模拟各种载荷及误码率的测试.轻型、嵌入式、智能高速的模拟数据源必不可少.研制了一种基于FPGA的智能化模拟数据源,它不仅将多路视频、音频信号复合成一路高速数据流来模拟各种有效载荷(SAR,可见光,红外),它使得通信信号的速度达1.08 Gbps.而且可实现伪随机序列的传输,速度可达3 Gbps,用于误码率测试.其中高速的伪随机序列是速率智能可调节,速率范围750Mbps到3 Gbps.数据传输的类型可选择,如:视音频的串行数据流,伪随机序列,模拟数据源.     

Compatibility of FM hybrid in-band on-channel (IBOC) system fordigital audio broadcasting

A robust in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital audio broadcast (DAB) system for improved performance over existing FM broadcasting is under development by Westinghouse for USA Digital Radio. Both the analog FM and the DAB signals are transmitted simultaneously in the FM hybrid IBOC system. Broadcasters can simultaneously transmit both analog and digital signals within the allocated channel mask, allowing full compatibility with existing analog receivers. It is shown here that the solution is tolerant of interference from adjacent channels, or interference from the co-channel analog transmission, even in a multiple station, strong-signal urban market. Although the primary focus of this paper is to discuss the compatibility issues between the existing FM and the DAB signals, the paper also briefly describes spectral occupancy, power ratios, modulation formats, and coding, as well as the introduction of frequency and time diversity     

视频基带传输线中双工传输媒体数据的研究

介绍了一种在同轴电缆中进行视频、语音和数据混合信号传输的装置,着重分析了视频基带信号收发器、FM语音信号调制解调器、ASK数据信号调制解调器和滤波器电路4个结构模块的硬件设计.该装置能在传送视频基带信号的同时双工传输FM语音信号和ASK数据信号.实验表明,该装置最大传输距离超过300 m,数据传输率可达20 Kbit/s,可应用于视频监控领域.     

Home telecare system using cable television plants - anexperimental field trial

To solve the inconvenience of routine transportation of chronically ill and handicapped patients, this paper proposes a platform based on a hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network in Taiwan, designed to make a home telecare system feasible. The aim of this home telecare system is to combine biomedical data, including three-channel electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood pressure (BP), video and audio, into a National Television Standard Committee (NTSC) channel for communication between the patient and the healthcare provider. Digitized biomedical data and output from medical devices can be further modulated to a second audio program (SAP) subchannel which can be used for second-language audio in NTSC television signals. For long-distance transmission, we translate the digital biomedical data into the frequency domain using frequency shift key (FSK) technology and insert this signal into an SAP band. The whole system has been implemented and tested. The results obtained using this system clearly demonstrated that real-time video, audio, and biomedical data transmission are very clear, with a carrier-to-noise ratio of up to 43 dB     

Call-by-Call Activation Technique for Fiber-Optic Subscriber Transmission Units

A call-by-call activation technique for fiber-optic subscriber systems has been developed to reduce electric power consumed in transmission units installed on subscriber premises. The major part of the transmission unit is supplied power call-by-call. The technique has been applied for a fiber-optic subscriber system in the INS Model System (NTT project) for which the PFM technique is used to transmit a frequency division multiplexed signal containing video, audio, and digital signals bidirectionally. This paper describes the control procedure and hardware implementation for this call-by-call activation. Discussion is made on methods of achieving optical carrier sensing. A unique technique is proposed which enables rapid and accurate indication of frame synchronization together with no considerable bit error occurrence for the digital signal just after activation. Experimental results which reveal validity of control procedure, carrier sensing, and frame synchronization methods are also shown together with the effect of power saving and assessment of build-up time required for activation.     

Study of BER of 64-QAM signal and OMI-window of feasible operationin analog/digital hybrid SCM transmission systems

In an analog/digital hybrid subcarrier multiplexed (SCM) transmission, carriers have generally been substituted for transmission signals such as AM vestigal sideband (AM-VSB) AM signals and M-QAM signals to evaluate transmission quality. In practical hybrid SCM, however, carriers are modulated by video signals or digital data, and the amplitude of a multiplexed signal composed of these modulation signals is more compressed than that of the carriers. This causes a decrease in the frequency of clipping of the multiplexed signal at the laser threshold. Consequently, the BER of the M-QAM signal in a practical hybrid SCM is lower than that of the experimental results for the same optical modulation index (OMI). However, it is difficult to prepare many practical modulation signals for experiments in a laboratory. Therefore, there is demand for a bit error rate (BER) analysis method for a multiplexed signal that includes the modulation signals needed to sufficiently evaluate the BER and determine the optimum OMI in a practical hybrid SCM. In this paper, we describe such a BER analysis method that can effectively estimate the BER in a practical hybrid SCM. In practical systems, the BER was greatly improved over the BER of a multiplexed signal of carriers. Furthermore, BER degradations due to clipping can be neglected for the AM signals in setting a practical OMI range. We used this analysis method to study the effective OMI range of AM and M-QAM signals. By assuming modulation signals, the OMI range is enlarged and, significantly, the OMI of an AM signal becomes suitable for setting practical values in AM-SCM transmission. This OMI range is more practical than those of former studies     

Outage probability in the presence of correlated lognormal usefuland interfering components

In many modern wireless communications systems (e.g., in OFDM based digital audio broadcasting/digital video broadcasting (DAB/DVB), CDMA) the received signal can be a superposition of multiple useful and interfering lognormal components, and correlation may exist between the components. We propose a simple method for estimating the correlation coefficient between the total useful and total interfering signals as the function of the correlation between the individual components. We show that, by taking into account this correlation factor in the derivation of the distribution of the signal-to-interference ratio, considerable accuracy improvement can be achieved in the outage probability estimation     

云平台上AVS视频转码系统的设计与实现

随着网络与宽带技术的飞速发展,数字视频呈现出海量化与多样化的特征.AVS作为我国自主音视频标准,编码效率优于同期国际标准,在保证图像质量的同时,便于视频数据的存储与传输.为了将数字视频进行高效的AVS转码,提出并实现了一种云平台上的AVS转码系统,该系统采用音视频分离方法将其他格式视频文件快速转码成AVS格式,并避免了转码文件中音视频内容间不同步问题,实验结果证明了方案的有效性.     

Digital audio broadcasting in the FM band based on continuous phase modulation

A method for broadcasting digital audio signals simultaneously with existing analog frequency modulation radio (88-108 MHz) in adjacent channels is presented. The digital transmission is based on continuous phase modulation (CPM) and a proper reduced-state sequence estimator. With the proposed method, the power level and the symbol rate of the transmitter signal is determined in a manner that the interference the CPM signal poses for the analog FM signal in adjacent channels remains below a level according to the radio frequency emission mask defined by international rules. Due to the multipath propagation of the transmitted signal, the transmission behavior of the radio channel is determined by high dispersion up to 85 /spl mu/s. With the selected bit rate, the receiver has to cope with a channel memory of up to 17 bits. Since Viterbi detection is not feasible due to the number of channel states, detection is performed by a reduced-state sequence estimator that is able to eliminate the complete channel interference by decision feedback. Simulation results show that the detector almost achieves the detection quality of the optimum receiver. CPM achieves data rates of up to 200 kb/s inside a 200 kHz FM channel, which is sufficient for transmission of digital compressed audio signals at compact disc quality. The encouraging results of field tests will be published in another paper.     

DAB Ensemble Planning – Problems and Techniques

The paper is about the planning of ensembles and block assignments for DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) networks. Besides offering superior audio quality and multimedia data services, DAB has the potential to use the available frequency resources much more efficiently than other (analog or digital) audio broadcast systems, since it has the capability to transmit an ensemble of radio programs and data services over large regions using just a single frequency. However, to fully exploit this feature new planning methods are needed. The paper discusses a possible solution approach which leads to a combined bin packing/graph coloring problem. It is shown how this problem can be solved using heuristics, how to obtain lower bounds to estimate the quality of computed solutions, and which generalizations of the problem statement arise in practical planning scenarios. The same methods also apply to other digital broadcast systems based on similar technology like, e.g., digital video broadcasting (DVB-T).     

BER Analysis of Equalized OFDM Systems in Nakagami, <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis> < 1 Fading

The orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission scheme is currently experiencing increased popularity due to advances in very large scale integration technology. It is used for a variety of broadband systems such as asymmetric digital subscriber lines, very-high-speed digital subscriber lines, digital video, and audio broadcasting, and wide local area network standards such as IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11 g, and ETSI Hiperlan/2. However, propagation impairments can cause severe degradation in bit error rates (BER) for coherent detection. We derive a semi-analytical method to evaluate BER of a quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK)-OFDM system in Nakagami, m < 1 fading and additive noise where pilot-assisted linear channel estimation and channel equalization are used. This allows modeling of more severe fading environments than can be depicted by a Rayleigh distribution. Numerical simulations are used to validate the proposed methods. The techniques developed can be applied to other channel estimation techniques, modulation schemes and the performance evaluation of equalized single carrier narrowband systems.