1. Background and development of digital terrestrial television

A digital terrestrial television chain is made up of different links, as illustrated by the simplified synoptic diagram in figure 1 . It positions the DVB-T2 system at the primary and secondary distribution levels. Source coding and multiplexing are located upstream of the system, and reception downstream. According to the terminology of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R), primary distribution in a media chain is the link between the service multiplexing...