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[#chap-references]
[appendix]
== References

[#acronyms]
=== Acronyms and abbreviations

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|ABNT |_Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas_ (Brazilian standardization committee)
|AC |Auxiliary Channel (ISDB)
|AC-3 |Audio Compression Standard 3 (Dolby)
|ACG |Access Criteria Generator (DVB SimulCrypt)
|AES |Advanced Encryption Standard (cryptography)
|AIT |Application Information Table (DVB)
|ANSI |American National Standards Institute
|AOM |Alliance for Open Media
|ARCOM |_Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique_ (French national regulator for TV)
|ARIB |Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (Japan)
|ASI |Asynchronous Serial Interface
|ATIS |Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
|ATSC |Advanced Television Systems Committee
|ATR |Answer To Reset (smartcard)
|AVC |Advanced Video Coding
|AVS |Audio Video coding Standard Workgroup of China
|BAT |Bouquet Association Table (DVB)
|BDA |Broadcast Device Architecture (Microsoft Windows)
|BDT |Binary Data Table
|BER |Bit Error Ratio
|BIT |Broadcaster Information Table (ISDB)
|BPSK |Binary Phase Shift Keying (modulation)
|BTS |Broadcast Transport Stream (ISDB)
|CA |Conditional Access
|CAM |Conditional Access Module
|CAS |Conditional Access System
|CAT |Conditional Access Table (MPEG)
|CIT |Content Identifier Table (DVB)
|CMT |CA Message Table
|COFDM |Coded Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (modulation)
|CP |Crypto-Period
|CRC |Cyclic Redundancy Check
|CSA |_Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel_ (French national regulator for TV, now ARCOM)
|CVCT |Cable Virtual Channel Table (ATSC)
|CW |Control Word (cryptography)
|CWG |Control Word Generator (DVB SimulCrypt)
|DCCT |Directed Channel Change Table (ATSC)
|DCCSCT |Directed Channel Change Selection Code Table (ATSC)
|DID |Descriptor Identifier (or descriptor _tag_)
|DIT |Discontinuity Information Table (DVB)
|DKMS |Dynamic Kernel Module Support (Linux)
|DOCSIS |Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
|DRM |Digital Rights Management
|DSM-CC |Digital Storage Media Command and Control (MPEG)
|DTG |Digital TV Group (UK)
|DTH |Direct To Home
|DTS |Decoding Time Stamp
|DTTV |Digital Terrestrial Television
|DTV |Digital Television
|DVB |Digital Video Broadcasting
|DVB-C |DVB Cable modulation
|DVB-C2 |DVB Cable modulation, 2nd generation
|DVB-CISSA |DVB Common IPTV Software-oriented Scrambling Algorithm
|DVB-CSA |DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm
|DVB-S |DVB Satellite modulation
|DVB-S2 |DVB Satellite modulation, 2nd generation
|DVB-T |DVB Terrestrial modulation
|DVB-T2 |DVB Terrestrial modulation, 2nd generation
|EACEM |European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (now DIGITALEUROPE)
|ECM |Entitlement Control Message
|ECMG |ECM Generator (DVB SimulCrypt)
|EICTA |European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association (now DIGITALEUROPE)
|EIS |Event Information Scheduler (DVB SimulCrypt)
|EIT |Event Information Table (DVB, ATSC, ISDB)
|EMM |Entitlement Management Message
|EMMG |EMM Generator (DVB SimulCrypt)
|EPG |Electronic Program Guide
|ERT |Event Relation Table (ISDB)
|ES |Elementary Stream
|ETSI |European Telecommunications Standards Institute
|ETT |Extended Text Table (ATSC)
|FEC |Forward Error Correction
|FIPS |Federal Information Processing Standard
|FLUTE |File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (RFC 3926)
|FTA |Free To Air
|GOP |Group Of Pictures
|HbbTV |Hybrid broadcast/broadband Television
|HE-AAC |High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding
|HLS |HTTP Live Streaming (networking)
|HTTP |Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (networking)
|HTTPS |Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol - Secure (networking)
|IDSA |IIF Default Scrambling Algorithm (cryptography)
|IEC |International Electrotechnical Commission
|IEEE |Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|IETF |Internet Engineering Task Force
|IIF |IP-TV Interoperability Forum
|IIP |ISDB-T Information Packet
|INT |IP/MAC Notification Table (DVB)
|IP |Internet Protocol (networking)
|IPTV |Internet Protocol Television (UDP multicast in operators network)
|IPTV |Internet Protocol Television (piracy services)
|ISDB |Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting
|ISDB-S |ISDB Satellite modulation (ARIB)
|ISDB-T |ISDB Terrestrial modulation (ARIB)
|ISDB-Tb |ISDB Terrestrial modulation (ABNT-defined Brazilian version)
|ISO |International Standardization Organization
|ITT |Index Transmission information Table (ISDB)
|ITU |International Telecommunication Union
|IV |Initialization Vector (cryptography)
|LCN |Logical Channel Number (a.k.a. TV channel number)
|LDT |Linked Description Table (ISDB)
|LIT |Local event Information Table (ISDB)
|LNB |Low-Noise Block down-converter (satellite)
|MAC |Media Access Control (networking)
|MAC |Message Authentication Code (cryptography)
|MGT |Master Guide Table (ATSC)
|MPE |Multi-Protocol Encapsulation (DVB)
|MPEG |Moving Picture Experts Group
|MUX |Multiplexer
|NBIT |Network Board Information Table (ISDB)
|NIST |National Institute of Standards and Technology
|NIT |Network Information Table (DVB)
|NTSC |National Television Systems Committee
|OFCOM |Office of Communications (UK national regulator for TV)
|OFDM |Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (modulation)
|OQPSK |Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (modulation)
|OUI |Organizationally Unique Identifier (IEEE assigned)
|PAT |Program Association Table (MPEG)
|PCAT |Partial Content Announcement Table (ISDB)
|PCR |Program Clock Reference
|PDS |Private Data Specifier (DVB)
|PES |Packetized Elementary Stream
|PID |Packet Identifier
|PLP |Physical Layer Pipe
|PMT |Program Map Table (MPEG)
|PRNG |Pseudo-Random Number Generator (cryptography)
|PSI |Program Specific Information (MPEG)
|PSK |Phase Shift Keying (modulation)
|PTS |Presentation Time Stamp
|QPSK |Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (modulation)
|QAM |Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (modulation)
|RIST |Reliable Internet Stream Transport (network protocol)
|RNG |Random Number Generator (cryptography)
|RNT |Resolution provider Notification Table (DVB)
|RRT |Rating Region Table (ATSC)
|RS |Reed-Solomon FEC code
|RST |Running Status Table (DVB)
|RTP |Real-Time Protocol (networking)
|RTT |Rating Text Tavle (ATSC)
|SCS |SimulCrypt Synchronizer (DVB SimulCrypt)
|SCTE |Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers
|SDT |Service Description Table (DVB)
|SFN |Single Frequency Network
|SHA |Secure Hash Algorithm, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA-3 (cryptography)
|SI |Service Information (DVB)
|SIT |Selection Information Table (DVB)
|SMPTE |Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
|SRT |Secure Reliable Transport (network protocol)
|SRT |SubRip Text (subtitles format)
|STB |Set-Top Box
|STD |System Target Decoder
|STT |System Time Table (ATSC)
|T2-MI |DVB-T2 Modulator Interface
|TDT |Time and Date Table (DVB)
|TID |Table Identifier
|TMCC |Transmission and Multiplexing Configuration Control (ISDB)
|TNT |_Télévision Numérique Terrestre_ (French DTTV network)
|TOT |Time Offset Table (DVB)
|TPS |Transmission Parameter Signalling (modulation)
|TRNG |True Random Number Generator (cryptography)
|TS |Transport Stream
|TSDT |Transport Stream Description Table (MPEG)
|TSP |Transport Stream Packet (ISDB)
|TVCT |Terrestrial Virtual Channel Table (ATSC)
|UDP |User Datagram Protocol (networking)
|UNT |Update Notification Table (DVB)
|URI |Uniform Resource Identifier
|URL |Uniform Resource Locator
|UTC |Coordinated Universal Time
|UUID |Universal Unique Identifier
|UWA |UHD World Association (China)
|VBI |Vertical Blanking Interval
|VCT |Virtual Channel Table (ATSC)
|===

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[#bibliography]
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* [[[ARIB-B10J]]] ARIB STD-B10, V5.7, December 2015:
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* [[[ARIB-B16]]] ARIB STD-B16, V1.1, February 1999:
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  "Conditional Access System Specifications for Digital Broadcasting".
* [[[ARIB-B31]]] ARIB STD-B31, V2.2, March 2014:
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* [[[ATSC-A52]]] ATSC A52, January 2018,
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* [[[ETSI-102-727]]] ETSI TS 102 727, V1.1.1, January 2010:
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* [[[ETSI-102-773]]] ETSI TS 102 773, V1.2.1, December 2010,
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* [[[FTV-AUS]]] Free TV Australia:
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* [[[HiDes]]] HiDes USB DVB-T modulator adaptors,
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* [[[HiDes-Drivers]]] Device drivers for HiDes modulators,
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* [[[HomeBrew]]] HomeBrew, open-source package manager for macOS (or Linux), https://brew.sh/
* [[[Impleo-KLV]]] Impleo TV Systems Ltd, February 2017,
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* [[[ISO-23008-3]]] ISO/IEC 23008-3, August 2022:
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* [[[RIST]]] RIST, librist documentation,
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* [[[RIST-URL]]] RIST, URL syntax,
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* [[[SCTE-35]]] ANSI/SCTE 35 2017,
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* [[[SCTE-52]]] ANSI/SCTE 52 2018,
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* [[[SCTE-164]]] ANSI/SCTE 164 2019,
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* [[[SRT]]] SRT, libsrt site, https://github.com/Haivision/srt/
* [[[Suntech]]] Suntechtv U3 USB modulator (VATek-based),
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* [[[TSDuck]]] TSDuck Web site, {home}
* [[[TSDuck-Dev]]] TSDuck Developer's Guide, {home}download/docs/tsduck-dev.html
* [[[TSDuck-Issues]]] TSDuck issues tracker and discussion forum, {repo}issues
* [[[TSDuck-Prog]]] TSDuck Programming Reference, {home}doxy/
* [[[TSDuck-Streams]]] Repository of sample real-life transport streams, {home}streams
* [[[TSDuck-User]]] TSDuck User's Guide, {home}download/docs/tsduck.html
* [[[UWA]]] UHD World Association, T/UWA 005.2-1-2022
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* [[[VATek]]] Vision Advance Technology Inc (VATek) corporate home page: https://www.vatek.com.tw/
* [[[VATek-SDK]]] VATek SDK source code: https://github.com/VisionAdvanceTechnologyInc/vatek_sdk_2
* [[[VLC]]] VideoLAN VLC Media Player home page, http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
