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  Course Description
Course Name : Digital Television

Course Code : EEE494

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 4

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 5

Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. SAMİ ARICA

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Understand monochrome and color analog television systems.
Enhance their knowledge on digitization of video signals.
Gain understanding of video/audio souce and channel compression techniques.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : In this course, fundamental digital video (television) transmission systems is covered. The subject is broad and only fundamental concepts are emphasized.

Course Contents : Analog Television: A Review Of Monochrome And Color TV Standards (NTSC, PAL, SECAM, MAC). Digitization Of Video Signals (The 4:2:3 format, the 4:2:0 format, SIF, CIF, and QCIF. High definition formats 720p, 1080i). Source Coding: Compression Video And Audio Signals, Variable length coding. Compression applied to images: the discrete cosine transform. Compression of fixed pictures (JPEG). Compression of moving pictures (MPEG-1, MPEG-2). The MPEG-4.10 video compression standard (H.264/AVC). Compression of audio signals. Channel Coding (Forward Error Correction). Energy dispersal. Reed-solomon coding. Forvey convolutional interleaving. Convolutional coding.

Language of Instruction : English

Work Place : Department of Electrical and Electronics engineering building classrooms.


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Analog Television: A Review Of Monochrome And Color TV Standards (NTSC, PAL, SECAM, MAC). Textbook reading. Lecture.
2 Analog Television: A Review Of Monochrome And Color TV Standards (NTSC, PAL, SECAM, MAC) (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
3 Analog Television: A Review Of Monochrome And Color TV Standards (NTSC, PAL, SECAM, MAC) (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
4 Digitization Of Video Signals (The 4:2:3 format, the 4:2:0 format, SIF, CIF, and QCIF. High definition formats 720p, 1080i). Textbook reading. Lecture.
5 Digitization Of Video Signals (The 4:2:3 format, the 4:2:0 format, SIF, CIF, and QCIF. High definition formats 720p, 1080i) (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
6 Digitization Of Video Signals (The 4:2:3 format, the 4:2:0 format, SIF, CIF, and QCIF. High definition formats 720p, 1080i) (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
7 Source Coding: Compression Video And Audio Signals Variable length coding. Compression applied to images: the discrete cosine transform. Compression of fixed pictures (JPEG). Textbook reading. Lecture.
8 Midterm exam. Textbook reading. Written exam.
9 Source Coding: Compression Video And Audio Signals Variable length coding. Compression applied to images: the discrete cosine transform. Compression of fixed pictures (JPEG) (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
10 Source Coding: Compression Video And Audio Signals Variable length coding. Compression applied to images: the discrete cosine transform. Compression of fixed pictures (JPEG) (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
11 Source Coding: Compression Video And Audio Signals Variable length coding. Compression applied to images: the discrete cosine transform. Compression of fixed pictures (JPEG) (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
12 Compression of moving pictures (MPEG-1, MPEG-2). The MPEG-4.10 video compression standard (H.264/AVC). Compression of audio signals. Channel Coding (Forward Error Correction). Energy dispersal. Reed-solomon coding. Forvey convolutional interleaving. Convolutional coding. Textbook reading. Lecture.
13 Compression of moving pictures (MPEG-1, MPEG-2). The MPEG-4.10 video compression standard (H.264/AVC). Compression of audio signals. Channel Coding (Forward Error Correction). Energy dispersal. Reed-solomon coding. Forvey convolutional interleaving. Convolutional coding (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
14 Compression of moving pictures (MPEG-1, MPEG-2). The MPEG-4.10 video compression standard (H.264/AVC). Compression of audio signals. Channel Coding (Forward Error Correction). Energy dispersal. Reed-solomon coding. Forvey convolutional interleaving. Convolutional coding (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
15 Compression of moving pictures (MPEG-1, MPEG-2). The MPEG-4.10 video compression standard (H.264/AVC). Compression of audio signals. Channel Coding (Forward Error Correction). Energy dispersal. Reed-solomon coding. Forvey convolutional interleaving. Convolutional coding (cont.). Textbook reading. Lecture.
16/17 Final exam. Textbook reading. Written exam.


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Digital Video and HD, Second Edition: Algorithms and Interfaces. Charles Poynton. The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics. 2012.
 Digital Television: Satellite, Cable, Terrestrial, IPTV, Mobile TV in the DVB Framework. Herve Benoit. Focal Press. 2008.
 Digital Video and Television. Ioannis Pitas, Author-Publisher. 2013.
 Digital Television: Technology and Standards. John F. Arnold, Michael R. Frater, Mark R. Pickering. Wiley-Interscience. 2007.
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 100
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 10 0
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Has capability in those fields of mathematics and physics that form the foundations of engineering. 5
2 Grasps the main knowledge in the basic topics of electrical and electronic engineering. 5
3 Comprehends the functional integrity of the knowledge gathered in the fields of basic engineering and electrical-electronics engineering. 5
4 Identifies problems and analyzes the identified problems based on the gathered professional knowledge. 4
5 Formulates and solves a given theoretical problem using the knowledge of basic engineering. 4
6 Has aptitude for computer and information technologies 2
7 Knows English at a level adequate to comprehend the main points of a scientific text, either general or about his profession, written in English. 3
8 Has the ability to apply the knowledge of electrical-electronic engineering to profession-specific tools and devices. 4
9 Has the ability to write a computer code towards a specific purpose using a familiar programming language. 2
10 Has the ability to work either through a purpose oriented program or in union within a group where responsibilities are shared. 2
11 Has the aptitude to identify proper sources of information, reaches them and uses them efficiently. 3
12 Becomes able to communicate with other people with a proper style and uses an appropriate language. 1
13 Internalizes the ethical values prescribed by his profession in particular and by the professional life in general. 1
14 Has consciousness about the scientific, social, historical, economical and political facts of the society, world and age lived in. 1
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 16 3 48
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 10 2 20
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 114
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.56
ECTS Credit: 5