Resources

ATSC is pleased to provide the below resources to assist implementers of ATSC 3.0. Links to ATSC 3.0 related resources are provided for convenience.

White Papers

DVB-NIP & ATSC 3.0: IP Video and The Future of Broadcast

HDR10+ Understanding the Ecosystem

Realizing the Full Benefits of ATSC 3.0 Broadcasts in the U.S.

Classes and Seminars

Understanding ATSC 3.0
Broadcast Engineers and Technicians, as well their managers and executives planning for the future, all need to understand the wide-ranging implications of the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s latest suite of standards, ATSC 3.0. This course provides key insights into how the system, conceived from the beginning as an international broadcast platform, paves the way for the next generation of television with the convergence of the best capabilities of broadcasting and broadband. Built on a new understanding of the latest video and audio formats, the most modern compression technology, and adapted internet data protocols. This is an SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) course.

Canadian Resources – Humber Polytechnic

The Broadcast-Broadband Convergence (B²C) Lab at Humber Polytechnic is Canada’s first ATSC 3.0 testbed, pioneering real-world applications of NextGen TV by integrating broadcast and broadband technologies. With a multi-transmitter SFN reaching 25% of the Toronto market and partnerships spanning 5G networks, IoT, and emergency services, the lab explores innovative use cases like connected vehicles, remote learning, and geo-targeted alerts.

Broadcast-Broadband Convergence B²C Lab

Presentations and Events related to ATSC 3.0 at Humber

Books & Manuals

ATSC 3.0 Technical Overview provided by Rohde & Schwarz.

Dolby AC-4 Handbook

Host Station Manual
Pearl TV and the Phoenix Model Market stations are continuously updating a Host Station Manual to guide ATSC 3.0 stations about best practices for deployment of Next-Generation Broadcasting. What is new in this particular version is a section on the Packager, a critical component in the NextGen TV broadcast chain.

Host Station Manual (Spanish version)

La televisión de la Nueva Generación

Este libro recorre la historia de la televisión desde su más frágil concepto en matices de grises hasta su concepto más completo no solo a color sino en formato digital. Es un camino que abarca casi 100 años y que al final arrasa con los conceptos que se tenían de la televisión el siglo pasado. Como resultado tenemos la desaparición del cinematógrafo y de la televisión per se para convertirse en una señal a color como nunca soñaron los primeros pioneros investigadores de la imagen. La televisión es el resultado de la inspiración de rusos, norteamericanos tanto del norte como del sur del Rio Bravo, ingleses, japoneses y holandeses primordialmente.  Al final hacemos una breve introducción al sistema de nueva Generación que amalgama tanto la señal abierta al aire por medio de ondas electromagnéticas como la señal serial IP conocida como ATSC 3.0.

Tools

VP1 Registrar Services or ATSC A/334 implementation code from Verance.

ATSC watermark embedders must be configured to embed a unique, registered Server Code value. Server Code registration must be performed by a registrar designated by ATSC found at the link above.

ATSC 3.0 Calculator provided by Enensys.

The ATSC 3.0 Capacity calculator helps broadcaster select their desired modulation parameters by displaying the full channel capacity of any given configuration along with RF performance information. The calculator also helps guide broadcasters by indicating which configurations choices are permitted by the standard.

PHY Config Tool by ETRI

Next Generation Broadcast Platform: Open Source Tools and Samples: ATSC 3.0
The Broadcast and Technology industries can leverage ATSC 3.0 by “bootstrapping” the open source community. By augmenting the work done by the ATSC Committee, along with ISO, Cloud Providers, Encoding and CDN providers, including CE and OTT partners, NGBP.ORG is the first step in building a community and tools.

NAB PILOT Develops Transmitter Identification Resource for NextGen TV Stations
The NextGen TV Transmission ID (TxID) table for voluntary use by broadcasters uses the ATSC 3.0 transmission standard. The table and TxID codes can be used to identify individual transmissions for testing, measurement, interference identification and other differentiation purposes.

TTML-IMSC Validation Tools

The imscHRM and TTT open source libraries (see below) can assist with validating the conformance of TTML-IMSC documents. imscHRM validates IMSC documents against the IMSC Hypothetical Render Model (HRM), which constrains document complexity. The TTT library validates against the IMSC 1 or IMSC 1.1 schema.

• https://hrm.sandflow.com/
• https://imscv.sandflow.com/
• https://github.com/sandflow/imscHRM
• https://github.com/skynav/ttt

Webinars

Pearl TV 2020 Summer Series:

• June 3 Webinar: “Standing Up a Host Station”
• June 17 Webinar: “ATSC 3.0 Layered Structure”
• July 1: Encoding & Packaging
• July 15: Encapsulation, Signaling, and Gateway

2020 NAB Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) Conference

IEEE BTS Webinar: ATSC 3.0 Physical Layer and Data Link Layer Overview

IEEE BTS Webinar: ATSC 3.0 Signaling, Delivery and Security Protocols

IEEE BTS Webinar: An Overview of the ATSC 3.0 Interactive Environment

SBE Webinars

Automotive Applications of ATSC 3.0

ATSC Planning Team 5 Automotive

The ATSC Planning Team 5 – Automotive produced a report on the use of ATSC 3.0 in a vehicle. This report explores several uses cases of relevance to the automotive industry. It further addresses questions about implementation, serving as a FAQ resource for the broadcast and automotive industries. PT5 Automotive Use Case Report

ATSC Implementation Team 8 Automotive

The Automotive Implementation Team (IT8) is a forum for the broadcast and automotive industries to collaborate on opportunities to enhance vehicles with an ATSC 3.0 wireless network. IT8 Automotive Overview and Work Plan

The ATSC Implementation Team 8 – Automotive produced a Webinar on Software Download OTA to vehicles and other services using ATSC 3.0. IT8 Automotive Webinar Report and Recording

ONE Media Automotive Webinar Series

ONE Media produced a series of 3 webinars that cover many different aspects of the use of ATSC 3.0 spectrum for data transport to the next generation of vehicles. Use cases covered include RTK geolocation, OTA software updates, and infotainment. ATSC 3.0 Functions to Help the Automotive Industry Webinar Series

Sony White Papers

Sony Electronics, Inc., produced two white papers on the results of testing ATSC 3.0 reception in moving vehicles. The papers cover reception field tests, providing data on the viability of ATSC 3.0 for automotive applications and multicast file reception across multiple frequency networks.

ATSC 3.0 Automotive Field Tests

ATSC 3.0 File Delivery to Multiple Markets

ETRI Papers and Seminar Material

ETRI has produced a series of papers detailing research and field tests for ATSC 3.0 applications. These studies focus on improving mobile and vehicular reception, highlighting advancements in signal reliability, interference reduction, and multi-antenna systems.

Multi-Antenna Diversity Gain in Terrestrial Broadcasting Receivers on Vehicles This paper highlights how using multiple antennas on vehicles improves the reliability of TV signals, ensuring clearer reception even in challenging environments.

Diversity Receiver for ATSC 3.0 in Vehicle: Design and Field Evaluation in Metropolitan SFNs This study tests a new multi-antenna receiver for vehicles, showing it can provide more reliable TV service, including 4K video, even in busy urban areas.

Further References

Performance Evaluation of ATSC 3.0 Mobile Service with LDM/TDM Under TU-6 Channel This research compares Layered Division Multiplexing (LDM) and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), showing that LDM provides clearer and more reliable mobile TV signals, especially at higher speeds.

Mobile Testing of ATSC 3.0 MISO in SFN This paper highlights how a new technique for reducing interference in areas with multiple TV transmitters can enhance signal reliability. Field tests show its potential to improve broadcast reception in mobile environments.

Mobile Field Comparison Test of LDM and TDM Based on ATSC 3.0 This study compares two broadcasting methods, LDM and TDM, in real-world mobile conditions. It finds that LDM provides more robust reception, requiring less signal strength for reliable performance, making it a promising choice for next-generation broadcasting.

Seminar Material

ATSC 3.0 Direct-to-Vehicle (D2V) Field Evaluation Results This paper presents field tests of multi-antenna diversity receivers for vehicles using ATSC 3.0. Results show significant improvements in signal reception, with four-antenna setups reducing the required signal strength by 13 dB and enabling reliable mobile HD and 4K services in urban environments.