Digital TV Testing Laboratory

Introduction

Introduction

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TTC’s DTV Testing Lab was founded in 2005. It supports various DTV specifications such as DVB-C, DVB-H, DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2 and ATSC. The Lab also provides comprehensive testing service for DTV and Set-Top box, which includes RF Performance, SI/PSI Conformance, EMS, EMI, Virtual Field Trial, IPTV Streaming and Energy-related Product (ERP) Test.

For the trend of digital convergence, TTC has devoted itself to the research of DTV testing technology and development of testing platform through cooperation, technology transfer, strategic alliance and professional consulting with industry and academy. TTC aims to become a full-functioned DTV Testing Lab and to provide one-stop service to the industry.

Accreditations

The DTV Lab is the first one in Taiwan to be recognized and designated by the Bureau of Standard, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) for Digital Terrestrial TV Receiver Testing in Dec. 2005.

The DTV Lab has been awarded the ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 accreditation by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) in Oct. 2006.

The DTV lab is the first digital TV inspection and test lab in Taiwan qualified by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) with ATSC standard in Oct. 2006.

The DTV Lab is first DVB-IP test lab with cooperation with Allegro Digital Video Technology in OCT. 2009.

The DTV lab has joined the HbbTV consortium in 2011 to provide the updated Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV testing standard and technology to the industry.

The DTV Lab has chosen StreamSpark PSI/SI and functional test suite for providing certification and pre-compliance test since 2012 for EU and ASEAN market.

The DTV lab is the first digital TV inspection and test lab in Taiwan qualified by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) with Vietnamese QCVN 63:2012/BTTTT standard in Nov. 2014.

The DTV lab is the first digital TV inspection and test lab in Taiwan qualified by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) with Thailand NBTC BS 4002-2555 & (No.2) B.E. 2556、Singapore IDA/MDA TS DVB-T2 IRD及Malaysian SKMM MTSFB TC T004 standard in Jun. 2015.

The DTV lab is the first digital TV inspection and test lab in Taiwan qualified by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) with GHANA v1.1a、Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2009.、Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcast Receivers(ETSI EN 303 340)、Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES)(ETSI EN 303 372-2) standard in March 2017.

The DTV lab is the first digital TV inspection and test lab in Taiwan qualified by Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF) with National Communications Commission (NCC) - Rules for the Technical of Cable Radio and Television Terminal Equipment in April 2017.

Technical Capabilities

DTV and Set-Top Box products testing

DTV and Set-Top Box certification consulting

Testing Services

Testing Items	Testing Specifications	Facilities
RF	Taiwan (BSMI CNS14972) ATSC (US A/74、NTIA、Canada Bets-7 and Mexico) UK (DTG D-Book) Nordic countries (NorDig-Unified Test Plan) Italy (DGTVi) Australia / New Zealand (AS.4933) Vietnam (QCVN 63:2012/BTTTT, TCVN 8666:2011, QCVN 80:2014/BTTTT) Malaysia (SKMM MTSFB TC T004) Thailand (NBTC BS 4002-2555) Singapore (IDA/MDA TS DVB-T2 IRD 2014) Ghana (NCA v1.1a) Germany (version 1.0) Indonesia (Nomor 3 Tahun 2014) Kenya (Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2009.) United Arab Emirates (Version 1.0r2 UAE) LTE Interference (required for D-Book and E-Book) DVB-S/S2 DVB-C DVB-T/T2 ISDB-T Testing for specific requirements	Agilent RF Performance System, R&S TS4510
The Radio Equipment Directive(RED) Directive 2014/53/EU	Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcast Receivers;Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU (ETSI EN 303 340) Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES);Satellite broadcast reception equipment; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the Directive 2014/53/EU;Part 2: Indoor unit (ETSI EN 303 372-2)	R&S TS4510
EMS	CNS14409 / CISPR 20 / EN 55020、IEC/EN 6 1000-4-2、6 1000-4-3、6 1000-4-4、6 1000-4-5、6 1000-4-11	Shielding Room, Agilent EMS & RF Performance System,R&S TS9980 System
EMI	CNS 13438、13439、EN 55022、EN 61000-3-2、EN 61000-3-3、EN 55013、CISPR 13、CISPR 22	3m Full-Anechoic Chamber

● Functional Test of DTV Baseband signal

Country	Service	Standard
Europe & Australia	DVB-T/T2/C Network requirements	E-Book,D-Book , DGTVi, NorDig-Unified Test Plan, AS-4933.1-2010
Vietnam	DVB-T/T2	QCVN 63:2012/BTTTT
Thailand	DVB-T2	NBTC BS 4002-2555 & (No.2) B.E. 2556
Singapore	DVB-T2	IDA/MDA TS DVB-T2 IRD
Malaysia	DVB-T2	SKMM MTSFB TC T004, MCMC MTSFB TC T011 :2014
United Arab Emirates	DVB-T2	Requirements for Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting Receivers Version 1.0r2 UAE
Indonesia	DVB-T2	Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Republic of Indonesia Permen Nomor 3 Tahun 2014 tentang Persyaratan teknis EWS TV digital
Ghana	DVB-T2	MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIVERS OF FREE TO AIR DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT) IN GHANA v1.1a
Test Items of back-end
Cooperating with Singapore StreamSpark SI/PSI conformance test suites The test items are following: Tuner / De-Mod Functionality LCN, Service installation Video Format ( SD/HD Video :MPEG-2 , HD Video :MPEG-4 / H.264) Audio Format - Audio ( MPEG / AC-3), / Advanced Audio( MPEG-4 HE AAC / EAC-3) AFD (Auto Format Descriptor, Aspect Ratio) AV Synchronization MPEG-2/H.264 SI (PSI/SI Tables for DVB) EPG Teletext , Subtitle

● Allegro System DVB & 3D TV Test Suites

Country	Service	Standard
Europe & Japan	DVB / DVB-IP TS/3D TV /ISDB-Tcompliance Testing	DVB (ETSI), US Cable MPEG (ISO/IEC).
Test Items of Allegro
Static / Dynamic Code : Codecs Static / Dynamic Sar : Aspect Ratio Static / Dynamic Res : Audio and Changes in resolution Static / Dynamic AFD : Active Format Descriptor TTX Sub : Teletext Subtitles Synchronization) DVB Sub : DVB Subtitles Synchronizationn AV Sync: Audio / Video Synchronization 3DTV system streams for US cable 3DTV system streams for DVB