Overview: DVB family

DVB delivery standards adapt digital television to terrestrial, cable or satellite transmission conditions.

DVB-T and T2 address terrestrial delivery, DVB-C addresses cable, and DVB-S or S2 address satellite. Those environments lead to different transmission and receiver relationships. The individual pages explain the selected standard before a service or reception problem is interpreted.

• DVB-T
  DVB-T specifies terrestrial television transmission using an OFDM-based carrier arrangement, framing and error protection before programme services are selected from recovered data.

• DVB-T2
  DVB-T2 defines a second-generation terrestrial transmission arrangement with its own coding, framing and physical-layer-pipe configuration requirements.

• DVB-C
  DVB-C specifies a digital cable transmission arrangement whose QAM modulation and framing recover service data before access and media decoding are established.

• DVB-S
  DVB-S defines a satellite transmission system using QPSK and specified framing/error-protection relationships before programme services are recovered.

• DVB-S2
  DVB-S2 specifies second-generation satellite framing, modulation and error protection, with the selected configuration determining the required reception and transport relationships.

References

• DVB: DVB-T framing, coding and modulation specification
• DVB: DVB-T2 specification and EN/TS evolution
• DVB: DVB-C framing, coding and modulation specification
• DVB: Service Information specification
• DVB: DVB-S satellite transmission specification
• DVB: DVB-S2 satellite specification