SIST EN 62028:2004

General methods of measurement for digital television receivers

Deals with the determination of performance and allows the comparison of equipment, by listing the characteristics useful for specifications and laying down uniform measuring methods.

Allgemeine Messverfahren für digitale Fernsehempfänger

Méthodes de mesures générales pour les récepteurs de télévision numériques

La CEI 62028:2002 traite des conditions et méthodes standardisées de mesure des récepteurs de télévision numérique qui reçoivent de la télévision numérique radiodiffusée. Elle traite de la détermination des performances; elle permet la comparaison des matériels en énumérant les caractéristiques utiles pour les spécifier et en définissant des méthodes de mesure uniformes de ces caractéristiques. Les exigences en performances ne sont pas spécifiées, puisqu'elles sont détaillées dans d'autres normes internationales, régionales ou nationales pour les systèmes. La présente version bilingue correspond à la version anglaise monolingue publiée en 2002-02.

Splošne merilne metode za digitalne televizijske sprejemnike (IEC 62028:2002)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 31-Aug-2004
• ICS: 33.160.25 - Television receivers
• Technical Committee: AVM - Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 01-Sep-2004
• Due Date: 01-Sep-2004
• Completion Date: 01-Sep-2004
• Ref Project: EN 62028:2004 - General methods of measurement for digital television receivers

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SLOVENSKI SIST EN 62028:2004

STANDARD
september 2004
Splošne merilne metode za digitalne televizijske sprejemnike (IEC 62028:2002)
General methods of measurement for digital television receivers (IEC 62028:2002)
ICS 33.160.25 Referenčna številka
SIST EN 62028:2004(en)
©  Standard je založil in izdal Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje ali kopiranje celote ali delov tega dokumenta ni dovoljeno

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62028
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM January 2004

ICS 33.160.20


English version


General methods of measurement
for digital television receivers
(IEC 62028:2002)


Méthodes de mesures générales  Allgemeine Messverfahren
pour les récepteurs de télévision für digitale Fernsehempfänger
numériques (IEC 62028:2002)
(CEI 62028:2002)


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Ref. No. EN 62028:2004 E

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EN 62028:2004 - 2 -
Foreword
The text of the International Standard IEC 62028:2002, prepared by IEC TC 100, Audio, video and
multimedia systems and equipment, was submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure and was
approved by CENELEC as EN 62028 on 2003-12-01 without any modification.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2004-12-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2006-12-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62028:2002 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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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 When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60107-1 1997 Methods of measurement on receivers EN 60107-1 1997
for television broadcast transmissions
Part 1: General considerations -
Measurements at radio and video
frequencies

ISO/IEC 13818-1 2000 Information technology - Generic coding - -
of moving pictures and associated audio
information: Systems

ISO/IEC 13818-4 1998 Part 4: Conformance testing - -

ISO/IEC 13818-9 1996 Part 9: Extension for real time interface EN ISO/IEC 13818-9 2000
for system decoders

ITU-R 2000 Methodology for the subjective - -
Recommendation assessment of the quality of television
BT.500-10 pictures

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

1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); EN 300 429 -
Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for cable systems

1)
- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) - EN 300 744 -
Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for digital terrestrial
television (DVB-T)

- - Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); ETR 211 1997
Guidelines on implementation and
usage of Service Information (SI)


1)
Undated reference.

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EN 62028:2004 - 4 -
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
 Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); ETS 300 468 2000
Specification for Service Information
(SI) in DVB systems

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INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD 62028
First edition
2002-02
General methods of measurement
for digital television receivers –
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.6
1 Scope.7
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations .8
3.1 Terms and definitions .8
3.2 Abbreviations .8
4 Conceptual block diagram of digital television receivers .11
4.1 General .11
4.1.1 Types of receivers .11
4.1.2 Peripheral connectors.11
4.2 Basic common block diagram .11
4.2.1 General .11
4.2.2 Satellite broadcasting system .11
4.2.3 Terrestrial broadcasting system.11
4.2.4 CATV system.12
5 General notes on measurements .12
5.1 General conditions .12
5.2 Test signals.12
5.2.1 Video test signals .12
5.2.2 Audio test signals .12
5.2.3 Data test signals.12
5.3 RF (radio frequency) television signal.13
5.3.1 General .13
5.3.2 Reference modulation.13
5.3.3 Signal level.13
5.4 Measuring systems and test instruments .13
5.4.1 Measuring system .13
5.4.2 Base band test signal generators.13
5.4.3 Service data generator .13
5.4.4 Encoders .13
5.4.5 Modulator .14
5.4.6 BER analyzer .14
5.5 Standard measuring conditions .14
5.5.1 Standard input signal levels.14
5.5.2 Standard output signal levels.14
5.5.3 Standard receiver settings .14
5.5.4 General conditions.14
5.6 Standard viewing conditions .14
6 Assessment of received picture and sound quality.15
6.1 Subjective tests of basic received quality .15
6.1.1 Objectives .15
6.1.2 Methodology.15
7 Methods of measurement of RF signals .17
7.1 General .17
7.2 Method of measurement of RF signal level .20

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7.2.1 Introduction .20
7.2.2 Equipment required .20
7.2.3 Connection of the equipment .20
7.2.4 Measurement procedure .20
7.2.5 Presentation of the results.21
7.3 Method of measurement of carrier to noise ratio (C/N).21
7.3.1 Introduction .21
7.3.2 Equipment required .21
7.3.3 Connection of the equipment .22
7.3.4 Measurement procedure .22
7.3.5 Presentation of the results.22
7.4 Method of measurement of Bit Error Rate (BER) .22
7.4.1 Introduction .22
7.4.2 Equipment required .23
7.4.3 Connection of the equipment .23
7.4.4 Measurement procedure .23
7.4.5 Presentation of the results.24
7.5 Method of measurement of BER versus E /N .24
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7.5.1 Introduction .24
7.5.2 Equipment required .24
7.5.3 Connection of the equipment .24
7.5.4 Measurement procedure .25
7.5.5 Presentation of the results.25
7.6 Method of measurement of noise margin .26
7.6.1 Introduction .26
7.6.2 Equipment required .26
7.6.3 Connection of the equipment .27
7.6.4 Measurement procedure .27
7.6.5 Presentation of the results.27
7.7 Method of measurement of Modulation Error Ratio (MER) .27
7.7.1 Introduction .27
7.7.2 Equipment required .28
7.7.3 Connection of the equipment .28
7.7.4 Measurement procedure .28
7.7.5 Presentation of the results.29
7.8 Method of measurement of phase jitter.29
7.8.1 Introduction .29
7.8.2 Equipment required .29
7.8.3 Connection of the equipment .30
7.8.4 Measurement procedure .30
7.8.5 Presentation of the results.31
7.9 Method of measurement of phase noise of a RF carrier.31
7.9.1 Introduction .31
7.9.2 Equipment required .32
7.9.3 Connection of the equipment .32
7.9.4 Measurement procedure .32
7.9.5 Presentation of the results.33
8 Measurements of the MPEG-2 transport stream .33
8.1 Introduction .33

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8.2 Method of measurement .34
8.2.1 Introduction .34
8.2.2 Equipment required .34
8.2.3 Connection of the equipment .34
8.2.4 Measurement procedure .34
8.2.5 Presentation of the results.37
Annex A (normative) Digital signal level and bandwidth .40
A.1 RF/IF power ("carrier").40
A.2 Bandwidth of a digital signal .40
A.3 Examples .42
Annex B (normative) Correction factor for spectrum analyser.44
Annex C (normative) Correction factors for noise.45
C.1 Signal level measurement.45
C.2 Noise level measurement .45
Bibliography.47
Figure 1 – Conceptual configuration of a digital broadcasting system .12
Figure 2 – Measuring set-up .15
Figure 3 – Layout of a basic received quality assessment trial .16
Figure 4 – Rating scales used in the basic received quality test.17
Figure 5 – Reference RF signal source – I/Q signal source and RF modulator .18
Figure 6 – Reference receiver.19
Figure 7 – Test set-up for BER measurement .23
Figure 8 – Test set-up for BER measurement versus E /N .25
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Figure 9 – Example of BER measurement versus E /N .26
b o
Figure 10 – Test set-up for noise margin measurement.27
Figure 11 – Test set-up for MER measurement .28
Figure 12 – Example of constellation diagram for a 64QAM modulation format where
th
the i point has been enlarged to show the co-ordinates of the symbol error vector.29
Figure 13 – Test set-up for phase jitter measurement .30
Figure 14 – Example of constellation diagram for a 64QAM modulation format where
are shown the "corner decision boundary boxes" for the phase jitter .30
Figure 15 – Test set-up for phase noise measurement.32
Figure 16 – Possible mask for CPE measurements – the points A, B and C to be
defined .33
Figure 17 – Measurement set-up for the evaluation of the MPEG-2 transport stream
parameters for a communication link using a coaxial cable and synchronous serial
transmission (SSI type).37
Figure 18 – Measurement set-up for the evaluation of the MPEG-2 transport stream
parameters for a communication link using a fibre-optic cable and synchronous serial
transmission (SSI type).37
Figure 19 – Measurement set-up for the evaluation of the MPEG-2 transport stream
parameters for a communication link using a coaxial cable and asynchronous serial
transmission (ASI type).38

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Figure 20 – Measurement set-up for the evaluation of the MPEG-2 transport stream
parameters for a communication link using a fibre-optic cable and asynchronous serial
transmission (ASI type).38
Figure 21 – Measurement set-up for the evaluation of the MPEG-2 transport stream
parameters for a communication link that feeds a CATV system using a satellite
transponder and a down link in the 11/12 GHz band .38
Figure 22 – Measurement set-up for the evaluation of the MPEG-2 transport stream
parameters for a communication link that feeds a SMATV system using a satellite
transponder and a down link in the 11/12 GHz band .39
Figure A.1 – VSB channel occupancy .41
Figure C.1 – Noise correction factor CF (dB) versus measured level difference D (dB) .46
Table 1 – Frequency offsets for 2k and 8k OFDM systems.33
Table 2 – First priority – necessary for de-codability (basic monitoring) .35
Table 3 – Second priority – recommended for continuous or periodic monitoring.35
Table 4 – Third priority – application dependant monitoring .36
Table A.1 – Examples of bandwidth for digital modulation techniques .43
Table C.1 – Noise correction factor.45

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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GENERAL METHODS OF MEASUREMENT
FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVERS
FOREWORD
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international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
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3) The documents produced have the form of recommendations for international use and are published in the form
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Standards transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional standards. Any
divergence between the IEC Standard and the corresponding national or regional standard shall be clearly
indicated in the latter.
5) The IEC provides no marking procedure to indicate its approval and cannot be rendered responsible for any
equipment declared to be in conformity with one of its standards.
6) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this International Standard may be the subject
of patent rights. The IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 62028 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 100: Audio,
video and multimedia systems and equipment.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
100/232/CDV 100/427/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
Annexes A, B, and C form an integral part of this standard.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until 2004.
At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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GENERAL METHODS OF MEASUREMENT
FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVERS
1 Scope
IEC 62028 deals with the standard conditions and methods of measurement on digital
television receivers which receive digital television broadcast transmissions.
IEC 62028 deals with the determination of performance and allows the comparison of
equipment by listing the characteristics which are useful for specifications and by laying down
uniform measuring methods of these characteristics. Performance requirements are not
specified, since they are specified by other international, regional or domestic standards for
the systems.
It does not include the measurements specific to the transmission system, such as;
• measurements on receivers for satellite transmission systems,
• measurements on receivers for terrestrial transmission systems,
• measurements on receivers for cable transmission systems,
• measurements specific to sound channels, and
• measurements specific to data channels.
IEC 62028 does not include methods of measurement on outdoor units and antennas for
satellite reception, for which reference is required to other appropriate IEC standards.
IEC 62028 does not deal with general safety matters, for which reference is required to IEC 60065,
or other appropriate IEC safety standards, nor with radiation and immunity, which will be dealt with
by CISPR.
2 Normative references
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.
IEC 60107-1:1997, Methods of measurement on receivers for television broadcast
transmissions – Part 1: General considerations – Measurements at radio and video
frequencies
ISO/IEC 13818-1:2000, Information technology – Generic coding of moving pictures and
associated audio: Systems
ISO/IEC 13818-4:1998, Information technology – Generic coding of moving pictures and
associated audio information – Part 4: Conformance testing
ISO/IEC 13818-9:1996, Information technology – Generic coding of moving pictures and
associated audio information – Part 9: Extension for real time interface for systems decoders
ITU-R BT.500-10:2000, Methodology for the subjective assessment of quality of television
pictures

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EN 300 421 Digital video broadcasting (DVB) – Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for 11/12 GHz satellite services
EN 300 429 Digital video broadcasting (DVB) – Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for cable systems
EN 300 744 Digital video broadcasting (DVB) – Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for digital terrestrial television”
ETR 211:1997, Digital video broadcasting (DVB) – Guidelines on implementation and usage
of Service Information (SI)
ETS 300 468:2000, Digital video broadcasting (DVB) – Specification for Service Information
(SI) in DVB systems
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this publication, the following terms and definitions apply:
3.1.1
MPEG-2
refers to the ISO/IEC 13818 series. System coding is defined in part 1, video coding is
defined in part 2, audio coding is defined in part 3
3.1.2
multiplex
stream of all the digital data carrying one o
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