EECS CSPL SEMINAR SERIES
FALL TERM 1999
Mark L. Grabb
Dr. Mark L. Grabb
General Electric
Corporate R&D Center
Schenectady, New York
grabb@crd.ge.edu
Thursday, October 7
4:30 - 5:30 P.M.
Room 1311 EECS
8-VSB The Modulation for Terrestrial Broadcase of Digital
Television
Abstract-
8-level Vestigial Sideband (8VSB) is the modulation scheme selected by
the United States for broadcast of Digital Television. In
this talk, 8VSB will be explained, unveiling its one-to-one
mapping with a variant of 64 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
(QAM)
Biosketch-
Mark received his PhD at the University of Michigan in 1996
under Professor Ted Birdsall. Prior to attending Michigan,
Mark worked for ERIM, TASC, Sperry, and the Defense
Communications Agency. He received his MSEE under Steve
Wilson at the University of Virginia and his BSEE from North
Carolina State University in 1988 and 1986 respectively.
All of Mark's work has been in the general area of
Communications and Signal Processing. Since 1996, Mark has
been working at the General Electric Corporate R&D Center,
in Schenectady New York. Over the last couple of years,
Mark has been supporting the rollout of Digital Television
for the GE-owned TV Network, NBC.
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