ETSI TR 101 211 V1.9.1 (2009-06)

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Guidelines on implementation and usage of Service Information (SI)

RTR/JTC-DVB-260

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 25-Jun-2009
• Technical Committee: BROADCAS - EBU/CENELEC/ETSI on Broadcasting
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 29-Jun-2009
• Completion Date: 26-Jun-2009
• Mandate: M/331

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ETSI TR 101 211 V1.9.1 (2009-06)
Technical Report


Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
Guidelines on implementation and usage
of Service Information (SI)

European Broadcasting Union Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision
EBU·UER

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Reference
RTR/JTC-DVB-260
Keywords
broadcasting, digital, DVB, MPEG, TV, video
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviations . 10
4 Rules of operation . 12
4.1 Service Information (SI) table information . 12
4.1.1 Network Information Table (NIT) information . 13
4.1.2 Bouquet Association Table (BAT) information . 14
4.1.3 Service Description Table (SDT) information . 14
4.1.4 Event Information Table (EIT) information . 14
4.1.4.1 EIT Present/Following information . 15
4.1.4.2 EIT Schedule information . 16
4.1.4.2.1 EIT Schedule structure . 16
4.1.4.2.2 EIT scrambling . 17
4.1.5 Time and Date Table (TDT) . 17
4.1.6 Time Offset Table (TOT) . 17
4.1.7 Running Status Table (RST) . 17
4.1.8 Stuffing Table (ST) . 18
4.1.9 Transport Stream Description Table (TSDT) . 18
4.1.9.1 Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) . 18
4.1.10 Table update mechanism . 18
4.1.11 Table segmentation . 19
4.1.11.1 Generic segmentation rules . 19
4.1.11.1.1 General rules . 19
4.1.11.1.2 NIT and BAT . 19
4.1.11.1.3 SDT and EIT . 19
4.1.11.2 Segmentation rules for DVB-H and DVB-SH systems . 20
4.1.11.2.1 General rules . 20
4.1.11.2.2 NIT and BAT for DVB-SH and DVB-H . 20
4.1.11.2.3 SDT for DVB-SH and DVB-H . 21
4.2 SI descriptor allocation and usage . 21
4.2.1 Descriptors of the Network Information Table (NIT) . 21
4.2.1.1 First descriptor loop . 22
4.2.1.1.1 Linkage descriptor . 22
4.2.1.1.2 Multilingual network name descriptor . 22
4.2.1.1.3 Network name descriptor. 22
4.2.1.1.4 Cell list descriptor. 22
4.2.1.1.5 Network change notify descriptor . 22
4.2.1.2 Second descriptor loop . 23
4.2.1.2.1 Delivery system descriptors . 23
4.2.1.2.2 Service list descriptor . 23
4.2.1.2.3 Frequency list descriptor . 23
4.2.1.2.4 Cell frequency link descriptor . 23
4.2.2 Descriptors of the Bouquet Association Table (BAT) . 23
4.2.2.1 First descriptor loop . 24
4.2.2.1.1 Bouquet name descriptor . 24
4.2.2.1.2 CA identifier descriptor . 24
4.2.2.1.3 Country availability descriptor . 24
4.2.2.1.4 Linkage descriptor . 24
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4.2.2.1.5 Multilingual bouquet name descriptor . 24
4.2.2.2 Second descriptor loop . 25
4.2.2.2.1 Service list descriptor . 25
4.2.3 Descriptors of the Service Description Table (SDT) . 25
4.2.3.1 Announcement support descriptor . 25
4.2.3.2 Bouquet name descriptor . 25
4.2.3.3 CA identifier descriptor . 25
4.2.3.4 Component descriptor . 26
4.2.3.5 Country availability descriptor . 26
4.2.3.6 Data_broadcast_descriptor . 26
4.2.3.7 Linkage descriptor . 26
4.2.3.8 Mosaic descriptor . 27
4.2.3.9 Multilingual service name descriptor . 27
4.2.3.10 NVOD reference descriptor . 27
4.2.3.11 Service descriptor . 27
4.2.3.12 Service availability descriptor . 27
4.2.3.12.1 Network Implementation Considerations . 28
4.2.3.12.2 IRD implementation considerations . 28
4.2.3.13 Telephone descriptor . 28
4.2.3.14 Time shifted service descriptor . 29
4.2.4 Descriptors of the Event Information Table (EIT) . 29
4.2.4.1 CA identifier descriptor . 29
4.2.4.2 Component descriptor . 30
4.2.4.3 Content descriptor . 30
4.2.4.4 Data_broadcast_descriptor . 30
4.2.4.5 Extended event descriptor . 30
4.2.4.6 Linkage descriptor . 30
4.2.4.7 Multilingual component descriptor . 31
4.2.4.8 Parental rating descriptor . 31
4.2.4.9 PDC descriptor . 31
4.2.4.10 Short event descriptor . 32
4.2.4.11 Telephone descriptor . 32
4.2.4.12 Time shifted event descriptor . 32
4.2.5 Descriptors of the Time Offset Table (TOT) . 32
4.2.5.1 Local time offset descriptor. 32
4.2.6 Descriptors of the Program Map Table (PMT) . 33
4.2.6.1 AC-3 descriptor . 33
4.2.6.2 Adaptation field data descriptor . 33
4.2.6.3 Ancillary data descriptor . 33
4.2.6.4 Data broadcast id descriptor . 33
4.2.6.5 Mosaic descriptor . 33
4.2.6.6 Service move descriptor . 33
4.2.6.7 Stream identifier descriptor . 34
4.2.6.8 Subtitling descriptor . 34
4.2.6.9 Teletext descriptor . 34
4.2.6.10 VBI data descriptor . 34
4.2.6.11 VBI teletext descriptor . 34
4.2.7 Other descriptors . 34
4.2.7.1 Private data specifier descriptor . 34
4.2.7.2 Stuffing descriptor . 35
4.2.7.3 Data_broadcast_descriptor . 35
4.2.7.4 Transport_stream_descriptor . 35
4.2.8 ISO/IEC 13818-1 descriptors . 35
4.2.9 Unknown descriptors . 35
4.3 Program Specific Information (PSI) and DVB SI operational interaction states . 36
4.4 Minimum repetition rates . 36
4.4.1 Satellite and cable delivery systems . 36
4.4.2 Terrestrial delivery systems . 37
4.5 Terrestrial systems . 37
4.5.1 Terms used within terrestrial systems . 37
4.5.2 The use of alternative frequencies for multiplexes . 39
4.5.3 Regional or local services . 40
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4.5.4 Hand-over . 42
4.5.4.1 General description of the requirements . 42
4.5.4.2 Hand-over by means of the frequency_list_descriptor . 42
4.5.4.3 The occurrence of tuning failures . 43
4.5.4.4 Hand-over methods with a reduced risk of tuning failures . 44
4.5.4.4.1 Local SI insertion . 45
4.5.4.4.2 Cell identification . 45
4.5.4.4.3 Performance enhancement with GPS data . 45
4.5.4.4.4 Two front-end solution . 45
4.5.4.5 Performance considerations . 46
4.5.4.6 Receiver guidelines . 46
4.5.4.6.1 Hand-over by means of the frequency_list_descriptor . 46
4.5.4.6.2 Hand-over by means of cell identification . 47
4.5.4.6.3 Hand-over by means of cell description and GPS position . 47
4.5.4.6.4 Hand-over with two-front-end solutions . 48
4.5.4.7 Additional linkage modes . 48
4.5.4.8 Additional remarks . 49
4.6 Text string formatting . 49
4.6.1 Use of control codes in names . 49
4.6.2 Use of control codes in text . 50
4.6.3 Use of UTF-8 . 50
5 Applications . 50
5.1 NVOD services . 50
5.2 Mosaic services . 52
5.2.1 General considerations . 52
5.2.2 Relationship between mosaic service and SI/PSI Tables . 53
5.3 Transitions at broadcast delivery media boundaries . 54
5.3.1 Seamless transitions . 54
5.3.2 Non-seamless transitions without re-multiplexing. 55
5.3.3 Transitions with re-multiplexing . 55
5.4 Announcements . 56
6 Storage media . 56
6.1 Program Association Table (PAT) . 56
6.2 Program Map Table (PMT) . 56
6.3 SI tables (NIT, SDT, EIT, BAT, RST, TDT, TOT) . 56
6.4 Selection Information Table (SIT) . 57
6.5 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) . 57
History . 58

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Foreword
This Technical Report (TR) has been produced by Joint Technical Committee (JTC) Broadcast of the European
Broadcasting Union (EBU), Comité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique (CENELEC) and the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
The present document is based on the DVB document TM1324, rev. 8/162 rev. 22, and it may be converted into a
standard after market feedback. For this purpose, the wording of a standard (normative elements) rather than of a
technical report (informative elements) has been used.
NOTE: The EBU/ETSI JTC Broadcast was established in 1990 to co-ordinate the drafting of standards in the
specific field of broadcasting and related fields. Since 1995 the JTC Broadcast became a tripartite body
by including in the Memorandum of Understanding also CENELEC, which is responsible for the
standardization of radio and television receivers. The EBU is a professional association of broadcasting
organizations whose work includes the co-ordination of its members' activities in the technical, legal,
programme-making and programme-exchange domains. The EBU has active members in about
60 countries in the European broadcasting area; its headquarters is in Geneva.
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services. Now comprising over 200 organizations from more than 25 countries around the world, DVB fosters
market-led systems, which meet the real needs, and economic circumstances, of the consumer electronics and the
broadcast industry.
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1 Scope
The present document provides implementation guidelines for the use and implementation of the DVB Service
Information (SI) coding in a DVB digital TV environment including satellite - cable - and terrestrial networks.
The guidelines are intended to be highly recommended rules for the usage of the DVB SI syntax specified in
EN 300 468 [i.1]. As such, they facilitate the efficient and reliable implementation of basic user-interaction functions in
Integrated Receiver-Decoders (IRD).
The rules apply to br
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