1 Scope
This Technical Requirements specifies the basic technical requirements, measurement methods and function inspection methods of unidirectional transmission standard resolution of terminal receiver decoder (STB) of digital cable television system.
2 Normative References
The provisions of the following standard and document, through reference in this Technical Requirements, constitute the provisions of this Technical Requirements. When issuing and implementing this Technical Requirements, all listed versions are effective. All standards are subject to revision, and parties concerned with this Technical Requirements are encouraged to discuss the possibility of applying the latest edition of the following standards.
GB 2312-1980 Code of Chinese Graphic Character Set for Information Interchange; Primary Set
GB 8898-2001 Audio, Video and Similar Electronic Apparatus-Safety Requirements
GB 13000.1 Information technology-Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set(UCS)-Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane
GB 13837-2003 Sound and Television Broadcast Receivers and Associated Equipment-Radio Disturbance Characteristics-Limits and Methods of Measurement
GB/T 17975.1-2000 Information Technology-Generic Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio Information-Part 1:Systems
GB/T 17975.2-2000 Information Technology-Generic Coding of Moving Picture and Associated Audio Information-Part 2:Video
GB/T 17975.3-2002 Information Technology-Generic Coding of Moving Picture and Associated Audio Information-Part 3:Audio
GB/T 17191.3-1997 Information Technology-Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio for Digital Storage Media at up to about 1.5Mbit/s-Part 3: Audio
GB/T 14960-1994 Technical Requirements and Methods of Measurement of Infrared Remote Control Radiation Unit for Television Broadcast Receivers
GY/Z 174-2001 Specification of Service Information for Digital Television Broadcasting
GY/Z 175-2001 Specification of Conditional Access System for Digital Television Broadcasting
GY/T 201-2003 Specification for Data Broadcasting in Digital Television System
GY/Z 203-2004 Specification of Electronic Programme Guide for Digital Television Broadcasting
Guiding Opinion on Electronic Program Guide of Digital Cable Television (Tentative)
3 Abbreviation
ASI Asynchronous Serial Interface
BER Bit Error Rate
CA Conditional Access
CATV Community Antenna Television or Cable Television
EIT Event Information Table
EPG Electronic Program Guide
HDTV High Definition Television
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IP Internet Protocol
MER Modulation Error Ratio
MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group
MP@ML Main Profile at Main Level
NIT Network Information Table
NVOD Near Video on Demand
PCR Program Clock Reference
PID Packet Identifier
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
RS Reed-Solomon
SDTV Standard Definition Television
SDT Service Description Table
SI Service Information
S/PDIF Sony/Philips Digital Interface
SPI Synchronous Parallel Interface
TDT Time and Date Table
TOT Time Offset Table
TS Transport Stream
USB Universal Series Bus
4 Technical Requirements
4.1 Technical requirements for exterior structure
Foreword I
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Abbreviation
4 Technical Requirements
5 Measurement Method
Appendix A Basic Technique Specification for SI Table Supported by EPG of Terminal Receiver of Digital Cable Television System
Bibliography
Technical Requirements and Measurement Methods of Terminal Receiver Decoder (Set Top Box) of Digital Cable Television System (Tentative)
Revision Explanation