Evaluation of Digital TV Receivers with Noncompliant MPEG-2 Transport Streams

Many broadcasters misconfigure their equipment and transmit wrong information, which causes operation problems in digital television receivers. This article proposes a receiver evaluation scheme based on transport streams with nonconformities, which present incorrect configuration to devices, in order to provide scenarios for robustness improvement.

I. Introduction

Brazil is currently performing deployment of its digital television (DTV) environment, known as Brazilian digital television system (SBTVD). Although the associated standards are mature and transmission sites are present in many regions, there is a large amount of field problems frequently reported, which directly affects end-user experience and after-sales costs.