Digital Television

Code:

EEC5270

Acronym:

TD

Instance: 2006/2007 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fe.up.pt/~mandrade/tvd/
Responsible unit:	Telecommunications
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEEC	18	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	5	6	6	-
		Plano de Estudo LEEC Oficial 2000	5	6	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Fundamental concepts of digital video and audio. Detail of digital technologies with compression used currently in television. Distribution nets and television diffusion. Technologies in television production. The concept of interactive TV and HDTV.

Program

Introduction to the norms of digital video and audio codification used in TV. Digital television broadcasting in different supports: air, satellite and cable. The convergence of information technologies, telecommunications and television in production. Digital Systems for Contents Management. The new digital services: interaction and high definition support. The transition in different countries.

Mandatory literature

Gonzalez Rafael, Woods Richard, Eddins Steven; Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB, Pearson, 2004. ISBN: 0-13-008519-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposition classes and technology demonstration sessions.

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Communication engineering > Telecommunications engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

To get access to the exam, the student must have a minimum grade of 40% on the total of the classification of assignments + frequency of theoretical classes.
The minimum grade at the exam to pass the course is 30%.

Calculation formula of final grade

(1,5/20) * frequency of theoretical classes + (8,5/20) * grade of the 2 assignments + (10/20) * exam result

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

2 assignments similar to those of ordinary students, and exam, with an identical weight

Classification improvement

Final

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese