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A measure of the constellation cluster variance due to any impairment imperfections measured relative to the ideal constellation point locations.
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An optional metadata parameter in the AC-3 bit stream that allows indication of the absolute sound pressure level calibration of the mixing studio that produced the content.
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The second number in a two-part number used to identify a virtual channel. The minor number changes for each different service that is or will be presented in a DTV transport stream.
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The time period between the latest possible target acquisition time and the earliest possible activation time for a specific target.
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A specification of a type of essence, the syntax of which is defined by MIME.
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The term “M/H Transport Packet (M/H TP)” is used to designate a row of an RS Frame with two bytes header included. Thus, each RS Frame is composed of 187 M/H TPs
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One fifth of an M/H Frame; each M/H Sub-frame is equal in duration to 4 VSB data frames (8 VSB data fields).
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A portion of an M/H Sub-Frame consisting of 156 consecutive MPEG-2 transport packets. A Slot may consist solely of all TS-M (main) packets or may consist of 118 M/H packets and 38 TS-M packets. There are 16 M/H Slots per M/H Sub-Frame. Note: TS-M is Transport Stream Main as defined in A/53 Part3:2007.
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A single IP multicast stream incorporated within each M/H Ensemble, delivering M/H Service Signaling tables that include IP-level M/H Service access information.
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A package of IP streams transmitted via an M/H Broadcast, which package is composed of a sequence of programs which can be broadcast.
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