HP E6311A Basic MPEG/DVB Compliance Verifier

The HP E6311A MPEG/DVB compliance verification test suite, is a software package that runs on the HP MPEGscope Test Sytsems extending this instrument's capabilities into the field of MPEG/DVB protocol compliance analysis. E6311A and its sister package E6312A provide compliance verification to a level of detail not yet seen in the digital TV market. This package goes far beyond the basic syntax checking incorporated in competing products. It will ease the task of MPEG/DVB transport stream analysis significantly, and in the process reduce the design time and costs for MPEG/DVB protocol products. It is particularly suited to equipment validation and acceptance testing.

E6311A is the basic set of 496 tests which cover the MPEG-2 system layer protocol, along with the DVB extensions to this. Option It is specifically tailored to the needs of MPEG-2 multiplexer test, along with other products for which systems layer test is an issue.

This compliance test suite tests transport streams which have been captured by the HP MPEGscope Test Systems. Tests are run automatically, examining the captured transport stream in great detail, and providing detailed error reports: which refer to the exact location of the error and indicate the exact part of the specification that is violated.

System level tests

• System error: 35 error tests
• DVB system error: 1 error test

• MPEG-2 Transport Stream: 4 error tests
• MPEG-2 Transport Stream packet: 20 error tests
• DVB transport packet: 1 error test

• MPEG-2 adaptation field: 58 error tests

• MPEG-2 PSI: 71 error tests

• DVB general PSI/SI: 21 error tests

• MPEG-1 & MPEG-2 PES: 33 error tests
• MPEG-2 PES: 60 error tests
• MPEG-2 descriptors: 54 error tests
• DVB PES packet: 3 error tests
• DVB descriptors: 36 error tests

• DVB Network Information Table: 12 error tests
• DVB Bouquet Association Table: 13 error tests
• DVB Event Information Table: 17 error test
• DVB Service Description Table: 18 error tests

• DVB Time & Date Table: 2 error tests
• DVB Time Offset Table: 5 error tests
• DVB Stuffing Table: 1 error test
• DVB Running Status Table: 4 error tests

Applicable Standards

MPEG-2 Standards

ISO/IEC 13818-1: Information technology -- Generic coding of moving 
pictures and associated audio information: Systems
ISO/IEC 13818-4: Information technology -- Generic coding of moving 
pictures and associated audio information: Compliance testing

DVB Standards

ETS 300 468: Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for Service 
Information (SI) in DVB systems
ETR-154: DVB: Implementation guidelines for the use of MPEG-2
Systems, Video and Audio in satellite, cable and terrestrial
broadcasting applications
ETR-162: DVB: Allocation of Service Information (SI) codes for DVB
systems
ETR-211: DVB: Guidelines on implementation and usage of Service
Information (SI)

HP E6311A Basic MPEG/DVB Compliance Verifier

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