EN 60728-1:2008

Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services - Part 1: System performance of forward paths

It deal with cable networks including equipment and associated methods of measurement for headend reception, processing and distribution of television signals, sound signals and their associated data signals and for processing, interfacing and transmitting all kinds of signals for interactive services using all applicable transmission media. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: redrafting of introduction and scope to reflect the current scope of IEC TC 100/TA 5; redrafting of measurement procedure for bit error ratio (BER); updating of performance requirements in Clause 5; inclusion of new Clause 6; inclusion of new Clause 7; inclusion of new Annex K.

Kabelnetze für Fernsehsignale, Tonsignale und interaktive Dienste - Teil 1: Systemanforderungen in Vorwärtsrichtung

Réseaux de distribution par câbles pour signaux de télévision, signaux de radiodiffusion sonore et services interactifs - Partie 1: Performance de la voie directe

Kabelska omrežja za televizijske in zvokovne signale ter interaktivne storitve - 1. del: Lastnosti sistema za naprejšnje poti (IEC 60728-1:2007)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 15-May-2008
• Withdrawal Date: 31-Mar-2011
• ICS: 33.060.40 - Cabled distribution systems
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 209 - Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 100 - IEC_TC_100
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 100 - IEC_TC_100
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 27-Jun-2017
• Completion Date: 27-Jun-2017
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60728-1:2008 - Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services -- Part 1: System performance of forward paths

Relations

• Replaces: EN 50083-7:1996 - Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services - Part 7: System performance
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 50083-7:1996/A1:2000 - Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services - Part 7: System performance
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60728-1:2014 - Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services - Part 1: System performance of forward paths
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2008
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SIST EN 50083-7:1999
SIST EN 50083-7:1999/A1:2001
Kabelska omrežja za televizijske in zvokovne signale ter interaktivne storitve - 1.
del: Lastnosti sistema za naprejšnje poti (IEC 60728-1:2007)
Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services - Part 1:
System performance of forward paths (IEC 60728-1:2007)
Kabelnetze für Fernsehsignale, Tonsignale und interaktive Dienste - Teil 1:
Systemanforderungen in Vorwärtsrichtung (IEC 60728-1:2007)
Réseaux de distribution par câbles pour signaux de télévision, signaux de radiodiffusion
sonore et services interactifs - Partie 1: Performance de la voie directe (CEI 60728-
1:2007)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60728-1:2008
ICS:
33.060.40 Kabelski razdelilni sistemi Cabled distribution systems
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60728-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
May 2008
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 33.060.40 Supersedes EN 50083-7:1996 + A1:2000

English version
Cable networks for television signals,
sound signals and interactive services -
Part 1: System performance of forward paths
(IEC 60728-1:2007)
Réseaux de distribution par câbles  Kabelnetze für Fernsehsignale,
pour signaux de télévision, Tonsignale und interaktive Dienste -
signaux de radiodiffusion sonore Teil 1: Systemanforderungen
et services interactifs - in Vorwärtsrichtung
Partie 1: Performance de la voie directe (IEC 60728-1:2007)
(CEI 60728-1:2007)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2008-04-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in two official versions (English and German). A version in any other language
made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels

© 2008 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60728-1:2008 E
Foreword
The text of document 100/1242/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 60728-1, prepared by technical area 5,
Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services, of IEC TC 100, Audio,
video and multimedia systems and equipment, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
was approved by CENELEC as EN 60728-1 on 2008-04-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 50083-7:1996 + A1:2000 + corrigendum August 2007.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
(dop) 2009-01-01
national standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
(dow) 2011-04-01
with the EN have to be withdrawn
For this European Standard the informative Annex J of IEC 60728-1:2007 shall be disregarded and
has been replaced by the informative Annex ZB, A-deviations.
Annexes ZA and ZB have been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60728-1:2007 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 61169-2 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61169-2:2007 (not modified).
IEC 61169-24 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61169-24:2001 (not modified).
CISPR 16-1 NOTE  Harmonized in EN 55016-1 series (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE 1  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Where a standard cited below belongs to the EN 50000 series, the European Standard applies instead of the relevant
International Standard.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1)
- - Coaxial cables - EN 50117-2-4 -
Part 2-4: Sectional specification for cables
used in cabled distribution networks -
Indoor drop cables for systems operating
at 5 MHz - 3 000 MHz
1)
- - Characteristics of DAB receivers EN 50248 -

1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): Framing ETSI EN 300 421 -
structure, channel coding and modulation
for 11/12 GHz satellite services

1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): Framing ETSI EN 300 429 -
structure, channel coding and modulation
for cable systems
1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): ETSI EN 300 468 -
Specification for Service Information (SI) in
DVB systems
1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): Satellite ETSI EN 300 473 -
Master Antenna Television (SMATV)
distribution systems
1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): Framing ETSI EN 300 744 -
structure, channel coding and modulation
for digital terrestrial television

1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): Multipoint ETSI EN 300 748 -
Video Distribution Systems (MVDS) at
10 GHz and above
1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): ETSI EN 300 749 -
Microwave Multipoint Distribution Systems
(MMDS) below 10 GHz
1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);Second ETSI EN 302 307 -
generation framing structure, channel coding
and modulation systems for Broadcasting,
Interactive Services, News Gathering and
other broadband satellite applications

1)
Undated reference.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1)
- - Satellite Earth Stations and Systems ETSI ETS 300 784 -
(SES);Television Receive-Only (TVRO)
satellite earth stations operating in the
11/12 GHz frequency bands
1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting ETSI TR 101 211 -
(DVB);Guidelines on implementation and
usage of Service Information (SI)

1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting ETSI TR 101 290 -
(DVB);Measurement guidelines for DVB
systems
1)
IEC 60050-705 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Chapter 705: Radio wave propagation

1)
IEC 60050-712 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Chapter 712: Antennas
1)
IEC 60050-713 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Part 713: Radiocommunications:
transmitters, receivers, networks and
operation
1)
IEC 60050-725 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Chapter 725: Space radiocommunications

IEC 60617 Data- Graphical symbols for diagrams - -
base
2)
1)
IEC 60728-2 - Cabled distribution systems for television EN 50083-2 2006
and sound signals -
Part 2: Electromagnetic compatibility for
equipment
1) 2)
IEC 60728-3 - Cable networks for television signals, EN 60728-3 2006
sound signals and interactive services -
Part 3: Active wideband equipment for
coaxial cable networks
1) 2)
IEC 60728-5 - Cable networks for television signals, EN 60728-5 2008
sound signals and interactive services -
Part 5: Headend equipment
1) 2)
IEC 60728-10 - Cable networks for television signals, EN 60728-10 2006
sound signals and interactive services -
Part 10: System performance of return paths

1) 2)
IEC 60728-11 (mod)- Cable networks for television signals, EN 60728-11 2005
sound signals and interactive services -
Part 11: Safety
1) 2)
IEC 60728-12 - Cabled distribution systems for television EN 50083-8 2002
and sound signals -
Part 12: Electromagnetic compatibility of
systems
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

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Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1) 2)
IEC 60966-2-4 - Radio frequency and coaxial cable EN 60966-2-4 2003
assemblies -
Part 2-4: Detail specification for cable
assemblies for radio and TV receivers -
Frequency range 0 to 3 000 MHz,
IEC 61169-2 connectors
1) 2)
IEC 60966-2-5 - Radio frequency and coaxial cable EN 60966-2-5 2003
assemblies -
Part 2-5: Detail specification for cable
assemblies for radio and TV receivers -
Frequency range 0 to 1 000 MHz,
IEC 61169-2 connectors
1) 2)
IEC 60966-2-6 - Radio frequency and coaxial cable EN 60966-2-6 2003
assemblies -
Part 2-6: Detail specification for cable
assemblies for radio and TV receivers -
Frequency range 0 to 3 000 MHz,
IEC 61169-24 connectors
1)
ISO/IEC 13818-1 - Information technology - Generic coding of - -
moving pictures and associated audio
information: Systems
1)
ISO/IEC 13818-2 - Information technology - Generic coding of - -
moving pictures and associated audio
information -
Part 2: Video
1)
ISO/IEC 13818-3 - Information technology - Generic coding of - -
moving pictures and associated audio
information -
Part 3: Audio
1)
ISO/IEC 13818-4 - Information technology - Generic coding of - -
moving pictures and associated audio
information -
Part 4: Conformance testing
1)
ISO/IEC 14496-1 - Information technology - Coding of audio-- -
visual objects -
Part 1: Systems
1)
ISO/IEC 14496-2 - Information technology - Coding of audio-- -
visual objects -
Part 2: Visdual
1)
ISO/IEC 14496-3 - Information technology - Coding of audio-- -
visual objects -
Part 3: Audio
1)
ISO/IEC 14496-4 - Information technology - Coding of audio-- -
visual objects -
Part 4: Conformance testing
1)
ITU-R - Planning standards for terrestrial FM sound - -
Recommendation broadcasting at VHF
BS.412-9
1)
ITU-R - Minimum field strengths for which protection - -
Recommendation may be sought in planning an analogue
BT.417-4 terrestrial television service

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1)
ITU-R - Conventional analogue television systems - -
Recommendation
BT.470-7
1)
ITU-R - Methodology for the subjective assessment - -
Recommendation of the quality of television pictures
BT.500-11
1)
ITU-T - Transmission performance of television - -
Recommendation circuits designed for use in international
J.61 connections
1)
ITU-T - Insertion of test signals in the field-blanking - -
Recommendation interval of monochrome and colour television
J.63 signals
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Annex ZB
(informative)
A-deviations
A-deviation: National deviation due to regulations, the alteration of which is for the time being outside
the competence of the CENELEC national member.
This European Standard does not fall under any Directive of the EC.
In the relevant CENELEC countries these A-deviations are valid instead of the provisions of the
European Standard until they have been removed.
Clause Deviation
3.1.52 Norway
(Regulations on Electronic Communications Networks and Services (Ecom Regulations) laid
down by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications on 16 February 2004)
When installing coaxial cable-based networks, the part of the network to which the end-user
is connected shall be placed in a star structure. It is not permitted to insert receiver
connections into the connection between the star points.
5.4.1 Netherlands
(Dutch Technical Regulations for CATV networks (Technische Voorschriften voor Centrale
Antenne Inrichtingen, 3e uitgave), 21 December 1977, which are valid for CATV networks in
accordance with Article 21 of the Dutch Telecommunications law (Stb. 1988, 520))
Replace by/add the following “minimum and maximum carrier levels” regulation:
FM sound mono:
80 dB(µV)
max
(measured in accordance with CISPR 16-1 [4] (quasi-peak measurement within 120 kHz
bandwidth))
5.6.2 Netherlands
(Dutch Technical Regulations for CATV networks (Technische Voorschriften voor Centrale
Antenne Inrichtingen, 3e uitgave), 21 December 1977, which are valid for CATV networks in
accordance with Article 21 of the Dutch Telecommunications law (Stb. 1988, 520))
Add the group delay response curve valid for PAL with FM-FM sound (see Annex ZB, 5.4.1).
Group delay
ns
+400
+150
+100
–100
–150
–400
0 1 2 3 4 5
–0,25 4,43 5,35 5,9
Frequency  MHz
IEC  1463/07
Figure ZB.1 – Mask group delay characteristic for PAL signals
with FM-FM sound
5.9.1 Netherlands
(Dutch Technical Regulations for CATV networks (Technische Voorschriften voor Centrale
Antenne Inrichtingen, 3e uitgave), 21 December 1977, which are valid for CATV networks in
accordance with Article 21 of the Dutch Telecommunications law (Stb. 1988, 520))
Replace by/add the following “single-frequency interference” regulation:
AM-VSB-PAL-signals: (measured in a bandwidth of 300 kHz)
C/I ≥ 60 dB
For signals outside used TV
C/I ≥ 40 dB
channels:
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5.10.2 Netherlands
(Dutch Technical Regulations for CATV networks (Technische Voorschriften voor Centrale
Antenne Inrichtingen, 3e uitgave), 21 December 1977, which are valid for CATV networks in
accordance with Article 21 of the Dutch Telecommunications law (Stb. 1988, 520))
Replace the requirements for “echoes in television channels, PAL-SECAM standard
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