7BM71: Doc.A/74 ATSC Receiver Performance Tests Made Easy with the R&SŪ SFU Broadcast Test System and the R&SŪ SFE Broadcast Tester
 
Abstract: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that no later than February 17, 2009, all analog NTSC broadcasting must come to an end. It is therefore not surprising that the demand for ATSC receivers is high at the time this application note was published. ATSC TV sets and set-tops are subject to the ATSC recommended practice Doc.A/74 “Receiver Performance Guidelines” before they can be sold freely in the markets that adopted the standard. Although the number of tests defined in Doc.A/74 is less extensive then the ones for their DVB-T counterparts (EN62002, MBRAI), some clarification is nevertheless due.
Keywords: SFU, SFE, impulsive noise, noise fading, conformance testing, ATSC, NTSC, A/74, interferer, STB, set-top box, receiver test, performance test, BER, AWGN, phase noise, ARB, arbitrary generator, digital TV, television, broadcasting
Modified: Jan. 2008
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7BM71_1E.pdf Application Note - English version 1E 15 Jan. 2008 1,686 MB
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