A138 dvb-c2 Spec PDF

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
Frame structure channel coding and modulation

for a second generation digital transmission system
for cable systems (DVB-C2)
DVB Document A138
March 2015
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights ................................................................................................................................ 6
Foreword............................................................................................................................................................. 6
1 Scope ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
2 References ................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.1 Normative references ......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Informative references ....................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations ................................................................................................... 9
3.1 Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Symbols ........................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.3 Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................... 14
4 DVB-C2 System architecture ................................................................................................................. 16
4.1 System overview .............................................................................................................................................. 16
4.2 System architecture .......................................................................................................................................... 16
4.3 Target performance .......................................................................................................................................... 19
5 Input processing ..................................................................................................................................... 19
5.1 Mode adaptation .............................................................................................................................................. 19
5.1.1 Input Formats ............................................................................................................................................. 20
5.1.2 Input Interface ............................................................................................................................................ 20
5.1.3 Input Stream Synchronization (Optional) .................................................................................................. 21
5.1.4 Null Packet Deletion (optional, for TS only, NM and HEM) .................................................................... 21
5.1.5 CRC-8 encoding (for GFPS and TS, NM only) ......................................................................................... 22
5.1.6 Baseband Header (BBHeader) insertion .................................................................................................... 22
5.1.7 Mode adaptation sub-system output stream formats .................................................................................. 24
5.2 Stream adaptation ............................................................................................................................................ 27
5.2.1 Scheduler .................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.2.2 Padding....................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.2.3 BB scrambling ............................................................................................................................................ 27
6 Bit-interleaved coding and modulation .................................................................................................. 28
6.1 FEC encoding .................................................................................................................................................. 28
6.1.1 Outer encoding (BCH) ............................................................................................................................... 29
6.1.2 Inner encoding (LDPC) .............................................................................................................................. 30
6.1.2.1 Inner coding for normal FECFrame ..................................................................................................... 30
6.1.2.2 Inner coding for short FECFrame ......................................................................................................... 32
6.1.3 Bit Interleaver............................................................................................................................................. 32
6.2 Mapping bits onto constellations ..................................................................................................................... 34
6.2.1 Bit to cell word demultiplexer .................................................................................................................... 35
6.2.2 Cell word mapping into I/Q constellations ................................................................................................. 38
7 Data Slice Packet Generation ................................................................................................................. 45
7.1 Data Slice Packets for Data Slice Type 1 ........................................................................................................ 45
7.2 Data Slice Packets for Data Slice Type 2 ........................................................................................................ 45
7.2.1 FECFrame header signalling data .............................................................................................................. 46
7.2.2 Coding of the FECFrame header ................................................................................................................ 47
7.2.2.1 Error Coding ......................................................................................................................................... 48
7.2.2.2 Cyclic Delay ......................................................................................................................................... 48
7.2.2.3 Scrambling of the lower branch ............................................................................................................ 48
7.2.3 Mapping onto QAM constellations ............................................................................................................ 49
7.2.3.1 Robust FECFrame header ..................................................................................................................... 49
7.2.3.2 High efficiency FECFrame header ....................................................................................................... 49
7.2.4 Mapping of the XFECFrame cells .............................................................................................................. 49
7.2.5 Length of the Data Slice Packet for Data Slice Type 2 .............................................................................. 49
7.2.6 Stuffing Data Slice Packets ........................................................................................................................ 50
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8 Generation, coding and modulation of Layer 1 part 2 signalling ........................................................... 51

8.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 51
8.2 Preamble Header .............................................................................................................................................. 51
8.3 L1 signalling part 2 data .................................................................................................................................. 53
8.3.1 L1 block padding........................................................................................................................................ 58
8.3.2 CRC for the L1 signalling part 2 ................................................................................................................ 58
8.3.3 L1 padding ................................................................................................................................................. 58
8.4 Modulation and error correction coding of the L1 part 2 data ......................................................................... 58
8.4.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 58
8.4.2 Parameters for FEC encoding of L1 part 2 data ......................................................................................... 60
8.4.3 FEC Encoding ............................................................................................................................................ 62
8.4.3.1 Zero padding of BCH information bits ................................................................................................. 62
8.4.3.2 BCH encoding ...................................................................................................................................... 64
8.4.3.3 LDPC encoding .................................................................................................................................... 64
8.4.3.4 Puncturing of LDPC parity bits ............................................................................................................ 64
8.4.3.5 Removal of zero padding bits ............................................................................................................... 65
8.4.3.6 Bit interleaving for L1 signalling part 2 ............................................................................................... 65
8.4.4 Mapping bits onto constellations ................................................................................................................ 66
8.4.4.1 Demultiplexing of L1 signalling part 2................................................................................................. 66
8.4.4.2 Mapping onto QAM constellations ...................................................................................................... 66
8.5 Time interleaving of L1 signalling part 2 data ................................................................................................. 67
9 Frame Builder......................................................................................................................................... 69
9.1 C2 Frame structure........................................................................................................................................... 69
9.1.1 Duration of the C2 Frame ........................................................................................................................... 69
9.2 Pilot Reference Sequence ................................................................................................................................ 70
9.2.1 Data Scrambling Sequence ......................................................................................................................... 70
9.2.2 Pilot Scrambling Sequence ......................................................................................................................... 70
9.2.3 Pilot Reference Sequence ........................................................................................................................... 71
9.3 Preamble Symbol ............................................................................................................................................. 71
9.3.1 Preamble Symbol overview ....................................................................................................................... 71
9.3.2 Frequency Interleaving ............................................................................................................................... 71
9.3.3 Pilot insertion ............................................................................................................................................. 72
9.3.3.1 Locations of the preamble pilots........................................................................................................... 72
9.3.3.2 Amplitude and modulation of the preamble pilots ............................................................................... 72
9.3.4 Mapping and scrambling of the signalling data.......................................................................................... 73
9.3.5 Notches within Preamble Symbols............................................................................................................. 73
9.3.5.1 Narrowband Notches ............................................................................................................................ 73
9.3.5.2 Broadband Notches .............................................................................................................................. 74
9.4 Data Slice generation ....................................................................................................................................... 74
9.4.1 Location of Data Slices .............................................................................................................................. 74
9.4.1.1 Start and end OFDM carrier of Data Slices .......................................................................................... 74
9.4.1.2 Maximum width of Data Slices ............................................................................................................ 74
9.4.1.3 Minimum width of Data Slices ............................................................................................................. 75
9.4.1.4 Notches within Data Slices ................................................................................................................... 75
9.4.2 Number of payload cells in Data Slice ....................................................................................................... 75
9.4.3 Mapping of the Data Slice Packets ............................................................................................................. 75
9.4.4 Time Interleaving ....................................................................................................................................... 76
9.4.5 Frequency Interleaving ............................................................................................................................... 80
9.5 Stuffing Data Slices ......................................................................................................................................... 81
9.6 Pilot Insertion................................................................................................................................................... 81
9.6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 81
9.6.2 Scattered pilot insertion .............................................................................................................................. 82
9.6.2.1 Locations of the scattered pilots ........................................................................................................... 82
9.6.2.2 Amplitudes of the scattered pilots ........................................................................................................ 82
9.6.2.3 Modulation of the scattered pilots ........................................................................................................ 82
9.6.3 Continual pilot insertion ............................................................................................................................. 82
9.6.3.1 Locations of the continual pilots........................................................................................................... 83
9.6.3.2 Amplitudes of the Continual Pilots....................................................................................................... 83
9.6.3.3 Modulation of the Continual Pilots....................................................................................................... 83
9.6.4 Edge pilot insertion .................................................................................................................................... 83
9.6.4.1 Locations of the edge pilots .................................................................................................................. 83
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9.6.4.2 Amplitudes of the Edge Pilots .............................................................................................................. 84

9.6.4.3 Modulation of the Edge Pilots .............................................................................................................. 84
9.7 Dummy carrier reservation .............................................................................................................................. 85
10 OFDM generation .................................................................................................................................. 85
10.1 IFFT - OFDM Modulation ............................................................................................................................... 85
10.2 Guard interval insertion ................................................................................................................................... 87
10.3 Spectrum characteristics .................................................................................................................................. 87
Annex A (normative): Addresses of parity bit accumulators for Nldpc = 64 800 .......................... 89
Annex B (normative): Addresses of parity bit accumulators for Nldpc = 16 200 .......................... 95
Annex C (normative): Input stream synchronizer ............................................................................ 97
Annex D (normative): Input Remultiplexing Subsystem: Splitting of input MPEG-2
Transport Streams into Data PLPs, generation of a Common PLP of
a group of PLPs and insertion of Null Packets into Transport
Streams ........................................................................................................... 99
D.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 99
D.2 Splitting of a group of input TSs into TSPSs streams and a TSPSC stream ........................................ 100
D.2.1 General........................................................................................................................................................... 100
D.2.2 Extraction of the Common PLP from a group of TS ..................................................................................... 100
D.2.3 Insertion of additional Null Packets into TSPSs ............................................................................................ 101
D.3 Receiver Implementation Considerations ............................................................................................ 102
D.3.1 Recombination of TSPSS and TSPSC in a receiver ...................................................................................... 102
Annex E (normative): Calculation of the CRC word ..................................................................... 104

Annex F (normative): Bundling of PLPs ......................................................................................... 105
Annex G (informative): Transport Stream regeneration and clock recovery using ISCR ............ 106
Annex H (informative): Pilot patterns ................................................................................................ 107
Annex I (informative): Bibliography ................................................................................................. 110
History ............................................................................................................................................................ 111
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Intellectual Property Rights

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Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by Joint Technical Committee (JTC) Broadcast of the European
Broadcasting Union (EBU), Comité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique (CENELEC) and the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
NOTE: The EBU/ETSI JTC Broadcast was established in 1990 to co-ordinate the drafting of standards in the
specific field of broadcasting and related fields. Since 1995 the JTC Broadcast became a tripartite body
by including in the Memorandum of Understanding also CENELEC, which is responsible for the
standardization of radio and television receivers. The EBU is a professional association of broadcasting
organizations whose work includes the co-ordination of its members' activities in the technical, legal,
programme-making and programme-exchange domains. The EBU has active members in about
60 countries in the European broadcasting area; its headquarters is in Geneva.
European Broadcasting Union

CH-1218 GRAND SACONNEX (Geneva)
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 717 21 11
Fax: +41 22 717 24 81
The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) is an industry-led consortium of broadcasters, manufacturers, network
operators, software developers, regulatory bodies, content owners and others committed to designing global standards
for the delivery of digital television and data services. DVB fosters market driven solutions that meet the needs and
economic circumstances of broadcast industry stakeholders and consumers. DVB standards cover all aspects of digital
television from transmission through interfacing, conditional access and interactivity for digital video, audio and data.
The consortium came together in 1993 to provide global standardisation, interoperability and future proof
specifications.
National transposition dates

Date of adoption of this EN: 18 April 2011
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 31 July 2011
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 January 2012
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 January 2012
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1 Scope
The present document describes a second generation baseline transmission system for digital television broadcasting via
Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) cable networks and Master Antenna Television (MATV) installations. It specifies the channel
coding, modulation and lower layer signalling protocol system intended for the provision of digital television services
and generic data streams.
The scope is as follows:
it gives a general description of the Baseline System for digital cable TV;
it specifies the digital signal processing in order to establish compatibility between pieces of equipment
developed by different manufacturers. This is achieved by describing in detail the signal processing at the
transmitting side, while the processing at the receiving side is left open to individual implementations.
However, for the purpose of securing interoperability it is necessary in this text to refer to certain
implementation aspects of the receiving end.
DVB-C [i.4] was introduced as a European Norm in 1994. It specifies single carrier QAM modulation and
Reed-Solomon channel coding and is used today by many cable operators worldwide for television and data
broadcasting as well as for forward channel transmission of the Data Over Cable System defined in [i.7].
Since 1994 enhanced digital transmission technologies have evolved somewhat:
New channel coding schemes, combined with higher order modulation, promise more powerful alternatives to
the DVB-C coding and modulation schemes. The result is a capacity gain in the order of 30 % at a given cable
channel bandwidth and CATV network performance.
Variable Coding and Modulation (VCM) may be applied to provide different levels of error protection to
different services (e.g. SDTV and HDTV, audio, multimedia).
In the case of interactive and point-to-point applications, the VCM functionality may be combined with the use
of return channels, to achieve Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM). This technique provides more exact
channel protection and dynamic link adaptation to propagation conditions, targeting each individual receiving
terminal.
DVB-C is strictly focused on a unique data format, the MPEG Transport Stream (ISO/IEC 13818-1 [i.1] or a
reference to it). Extended flexibility to cope with other input data formats (such as multiple Transport Streams,
or generic data formats) is now possible without significant complexity increase.
Version 1.2.1 of this specification defines a "second generation" modulation and channel coding system (denoted the
"C2 System" or "DVB-C2" for the purposes of the present document) to make use of the improvements listed above.
DVB-C2 is a single, very flexible standard, covering a variety of applications by cable, as described below. It is
characterized by:
a flexible input stream adapter, suitable for operation with single and multiple input streams of various formats
(packetized or continuous);
a powerful FEC system based on LDPC (Low-Density Parity Check) codes concatenated with BCH (Bose
Chaudhuri Hocquenghem) codes, allowing Quasi Error Free operation close to the Shannon limit, depending on
the transmission mode (AWGN channel, modulation constrained Shannon limit);
a wide range of code rates (from 2/3 up to 9/10); 5 constellations, ranging in spectrum efficiency from 1 to
10,8 bit/s/Hz, optimized for operation in cable networks;
Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) functionality, optimizing channel coding and modulation on a
frame-by-frame basis.
Version 1.3.1 of this specification (the present document) made a number of clarifications and corrections to the
wording. No changes have been made to existing features. Three new technical features have been added:
Early Warning System signalling
DVB-C2 version number
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Additional MODCOD 4/5 for 4096-QAM
The new features are defined backward compatible. This means that receivers compliant to version 1.2.1 are not
affected when receiving a 1.3.1 compliant signal, which does not include additional MODCOD 4/5 for 4096-QAM or
extended PLP Bundling over several C2-Systems.
New signalling elements (EWS and C2-versioning) are deemed to be ignored by 1.2.1 compliant receivers.
Further details of the specification of PLP bundling have been added in Annex F, especially addressing the
optimisation of the buffer size, both at transmitter and at receiver side. Furthermore a new mechanism is defined to
allow PLP bundling also over several C2_Systems.
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
reference document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
2.1 Normative references

The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI TS 101 162: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Allocation of Service Information (SI) and
Data Broadcasting Codes for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) systems".
2.2 Informative references

The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ISO/IEC 13818-1: "Information technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated
audio information: Systems".
[i.2] ETSI TS 102 606: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Generic Stream Encapsulation (GSE)
Protocol".
[i.3] ETSI EN 302 307: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Second generation framing structure,
channel coding and modulation systems for Broadcasting, Interactive Services, News Gathering
and other broadband satellite applications (DVB-S2)".
[i.4] ETSI EN 300 468: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for Service Information (SI)
in DVB systems".
[i.5] ETSI EN 300 429: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for cable systems".
[i.6] ETSI EN 302 755: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Frame structure channel coding and
modulation for a second generation digital terrestrial television broadcasting system (DVB-T2)".
[i.7] CENELEC EN 50083-2:2006: "Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and
interactive services - Part 2: Electromagnetic compatibility for equipment".
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[i.8] ETSI EN 300 421: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for 11/12 GHz satellite services".
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
: Exclusive OR / modulo-2 addition operation
0xkk: digits 'kk' should be interpreted as a hexadecimal number
active cell: OFDM Cell carrying a constellation point for L1 signalling or a PLP
auxiliary data: sequence of cells carrying data of as yet undefined modulation and coding, which may be used for
stuffing Data Slices or stuffing Data Slice Packets
BBFrame: signal format of an input signal after mode and stream adaptation
BBHeader: header in front of a baseband data field
NOTE: See clause 5.1.
BUFS: maximum size of the requested receiver buffer to compensate delay variations
BUFSTAT: actual status of the receiver buffer
C2 frame: fixed physical layer TDM frame that is further divided into variable size Data Slices
NOTE: C2 Frame starts with one or more Preamble Symbol.
C2 system: complete transmitted DVB-C2 signal, as described in the L1-part2 block of the related Preamble
common PLP: special PLP, which contains data shared by multiple PLPs (Transport Stream)
data cell: OFDM Cell which is not a pilot or tone reservation cell
data PLP: PLP carrying payload data
data slice: group of OFDM Cells carrying one or multiple PLPs in a certain frequency sub-band
NOTE: This set consists of OFDM Cells within a fixed range of consecutive cell addresses within each Data
Symbol and spans over the complete C2 Frame, except the Preamble Symbols.
data slice packet: XFECFrame including the related FECFrame Header
data symbol: OFDM Symbol in a C2 Frame which is not a Preamble Symbol
div: integer division operator, defined as:
x
x div y
y
dummy cell: OFDM Cell carrying a pseudo-random value used to fill the remaining capacity not used for L1
signalling, PLPs or Auxiliary Data
elementary period: time period which depends on the channel raster and is used to define the other time periods in the
C2 System
FECFrame: set of NLDPC (16 200 or 64 800) bits of one LDPC encoding operation
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NOTE: In case of Data Slices carrying a single PLP and constant modulation and encoding is applied, FECFrame
Header information may be carried in Layer1 part2 and the Data Slice Packet is identical with the
XFECFrame.
FFT size: nominal FFT size for a DVB-C2 receiver is 4K
NOTE: Further details are discussed in clause 10.1.
for i=0..xxx-1: when used with the signalling loops, this means that the corresponding signalling loop is repeated as
many times as there are elements of the loop
NOTE: If there are no elements, the whole loop is omitted.
Im(x): Imaginary part of x
Layer 1 (L1): name of the first layer of the DVB-C2 signalling scheme (signalling of physical layer parameters)
L1 block: set of L1-part2 COFDM Cells, cyclically repeated in the frequency domain
NOTE: L1 Blocks are transmitted in the Preamble.
L1-part1: signalling carried in the header of the Data Slice Packets carrying modulation and coding parameters of the
related XFECFrame
NOTE: L1-part1 parameters may change per XFECFrame.
L1-part2: Layer 1 Signalling cyclically transmitted in the preamble carrying more detailed L1 information about the
C2 System, Data Slices, Notches and the PLPs
NOTE: L1-part2 parameters may change per C2 Frame.
Layer 2 (L2): name of the second layer of the DVB-C2 signalling scheme (signalling of transport layer parameters)
mod: modulo operator, defined as:
x
x mod y x y
y
mode adapter: input signal processing block, delivering BBFrames at its output
nnD: digits 'nn' should be interpreted as a decimal number
notch: set of adjacent OFDM Cells within each OFDM Symbol without transmitted energy
null packet: MPEG Packet with the Packet_ID 0x1FFF, carrying no payload data and intended for padding
OFDM cell: modulation value for one OFDM carrier during one OFDM Symbol, e.g. a single constellation point
OFDM symbol: waveform Ts in duration comprising all the active carriers modulated with their corresponding
modulation values and including the guard interval
Physical Layer Pipe (PLP): logical channel carried within one or multiple Data Slice(s)
NOTE 1: All signal components within a PLP share the same transmission parameters such as robustness, latency.
NOTE 2: A PLP may carry one or multiple services. In case of PLP Bundling a PLP may be carried in several Data
Slices. Transmission parameters may change each XFECFrame.
PLP bundling: transmission of one PLP via multiple Data Slices
PLP_ID: this 8-bit field identifies uniquely a PLP within a C2 transmission signal
preamble header: fixed size signalling transmitted in the first part of the Preamble, carrying the length and
Interleaving parameters of Layer 1 part 2 data
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preamble symbol: one or multiple OFDM Symbols, transmitted at the beginning of each C2 Frame, carrying Layer 1
part 2 signalling data
Re(x): Real part of x
reserved for future use: value of any field indicated as "reserved for future use" shall be set to "0" unless otherwise
defined
START_FREQUENCY: index of lowest used OFDM subcarrier of a C2 System. The value of

START_FREQUENCY shall be a multiple of DX
x*: Complex conjugate of x
XFECFrame: FECFrame mapped onto QAM constellations:
x : round towards minus infinity: the most positive integer less than or equal to x.
x : round towards plus infinity: the most negative integer greater than or equal to x.
3.2 Symbols
For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:
Absolute guard interval duration

Λ LDPC codeword of size Nldpc
i LDPC codeword bits
RM 32 output bits of Reed-Muller encoder
RM Bit number of index i of 32 bit long output bits of Reed-Muller encoder
i
MOD, MOD(i) Number of transmitted bits per constellation symbol (for PLP i)
πp Permutation operator defining parity bit groups to be punctured for L1 signalling
πs Permutation operator defining bit-groups to be padded for L1 signalling
Am,l Output vector of the frequency interleaver of OFDM Symbol l and C2 Frame m
ACP Amplitude of the continual pilot cells
ASP Amplitude of the scattered pilot cells
a m,l,q Frequency-Interleaved cell value, cell index q of symbol l of C2 Frame m
B(n) Location of the first Data Cell of symbol l allocated to Data Slice n in the frequency
interleaver
b 16 bit long FECFrame signalling data vector
be,do Output from the demultiplexer, depending on the demultiplexed bit sub-stream number e
and the input bit number di of the bit interleaver demultiplexer
bi Bit number of index i of 16 bit long FECFrame signalling data vector
C/N Carrier-to-noise power ratio
C/N+I Carrier-to-(Noise+Interference) ratio
Ci Column of index i of time interleaver
ci Column of index i of bit interleaver
c(x) Equivalent BCH codeword polynomial
cm,l,k Cell value for carrier k of symbol l of C2 Frame m
DFL Data field length
DP Difference in carrier index between adjacent preamble-pilot-bearing carriers
Dx Difference in carrier index between adjacent scattered-pilot-bearing carriers
Dy Difference in symbol number between successive scattered pilots on a given carrier
d(x) Remainder of dividing message polynomial by the generator polynomial g(x) during BCH
encoding
di Input bit number di of the bit interleaver demultiplexer
do Bit number of a given stream at the output of the demultiplexer of the bit interleaver
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e Demultiplexed bit sub stream number (0 e < Nsubstreams), depending on input bit number
di of the bit interleaver demultiplexer
fq Constellation point normalized to mean energy of 1
G Reed-Muller encoder matrix
g(x) BCH generator polynomial
g1(x), g2(x), …, g12(x) Polynomials to obtain BCH code generator polynomial
gq Complex cell of index q of a Data Slice Packet
H(q) Frequency interleaver permutation function, element q
I Output codeword of BCH encoder
ij BCH codeword bits which form the LDPC information bits
j 1
Kbch Number of bits of BCH uncoded Block
Ki L1 signalling part 2 parameter selected as NL1part2(Ki) <= NL1part2_Cells× MOD
Kldpc Number of bits of LDPC uncoded Block
KL1_PADDING Length of L1_PADDING field
KL1part2 Length of L1-part2 signalling field including the padding field
KL1part2_ex_pad Number of information bits in L1-part2 signalling excluding the padding field
KN,min Lowest frequency carrier index of a frequency Notch
KN,max Highest frequency carrier index of a frequency Notch
Ksig Number of signalling bits per FEC block for L1 signalling part 2
Kmin Lowest frequency carrier index of a C2 signal, shall be identical to the
START_FREQUENCY and shall be multiple of DX
Kmax Highest frequency carrier index of a C2 signal, shall be multiple of DX
Ktotal Number of OFDM carriers per OFDM symbol
k Absolute OFDM carrier index
Ldata Number of data OFDM Symbols per C2 Frame (excluding Preamble)
LF Number of OFDM Symbols per C2 Frame including excluding preamble
LP Number of preamble OFDM Symbols within the C2 Frame
l Index of OFDM Symbol within the C2 Frame
ld Index of data OFDM Symbol within the C2 Frame
lP Index of preamble OFDM Symbol in C2 Frame
m C2 Frame number
m(x) Message polynomial within BCH encoding
mi Input bit of index i from uncoded bit vector M before BCH encoder
M Uncoded bit vector before BCH encoder
Mmax Maximum Sequence length for the frequency interleaver
Nbch Number of bits of BCH coded Block
Nbch_parity Number of BCH parity bits
Nc Number of columns of bit or time interleaver
Ndata Number of Data Cells in a Data Slice in frequency interleaver
NDP Number of complex cells per Data Slice Packet
Ngroup Number of bit-groups for BCH shortening
NL1part2 Length of punctured and shortened LDPC codeword for L1-part2 signalling
NL1part2_Cells Number of available cells for L1 signalling part 2 in one OFDM Symbol
NL1part2_FEC_Block Number of LDPC blocks for the L1 signalling part 2
NL1part2_max_per_Symbol Maximum number of L1 information bits for transmitting the encoded L1 signalling part 2
through one OFDM Symbol
NL1_TI_Depth Time interleaving depth for L1 signalling part 2
NL1part2_temp Intermediate value used in L1 puncturing calculation
Nldpc Number of bits of LDPC coded Block
NMOD_per_Block Number of modulated cells per FEC block for the L1-part2 signalling
NMOD_Total Total number of modulated cells for the L1-part2 signalling
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Npad Number of BCH bit-groups in which all bits will be padded for L1-part2 signalling
Npunc Number of LDPC parity bits to be punctured
Npunc_groups Number of parity groups in which all parity bits are punctured for L1 signalling
Npunc_temp Intermediate value used in L1 puncturing calculation
Nr Number of bits in Frequency Interleaver sequence
Nr Number of rows of bit or time interleaver
NRT Number of reserved carriers
Nsubstreams Number of substreams produced by the bit-to-sub-stream demultiplexer
n Data slice number
Pk(f) Power spectral density
pi LDPC parity bits
Qldpc Code-rate dependent LDPC constant
q Data Cell index within the OFDM Symbol prior to frequency interleaving and pilot
insertion
Reff_16K_LDPC_1_2 Effective code rate of 16K LDPC with nominal rate ½
Reff_L1part2 Effective code rate of L1-part2 signalling
Ri Row of index i of time interleaver
Ri Value of element i of the frequency interleaver sequence following bit permutations
R'i Value of element i of the frequency interleaver sequence prior to bit permutations
ri Row of index i of bit interleaver
rk DBPSK modulated pilot reference sequence
S0 List of reserved carriers
T Elementary period
TCi Column-twist value for column C of time interleaver
TCH Component set of carrier indices for reserved carriers
TF Duration of one C2 Frame
TP Time interleaving period
TS Total OFDM Symbol duration
TU Useful OFDM Symbol duration
t BCH error correction capability
tc Column-twist value for column c of bit interleaver
U Parity interleaver output
UPL User Packet Length
ui Parity-interleaver output bits
uRM 32 bit output vector of the cyclic delay block in the FECFrame header encoding
u(i+2)mod32RM Output of the cyclic delay block for input bit i in the FECFrame header encoding
V Column-twist interleaver output
vi Column-twist interleaver output bits
v m,l,i Output vector of frequency interleaver, starting at carrier index i (= Data slice start carrier)
of the current OFDM Symbol l and C2 Frame m
vRM Scrambled output sequence in the lower branch of the FECFrame header encoder
viRM Bit i of scrambled output sequence in the lower branch of the FECFrame header encoder
wi Bit i of the data scrambling sequence
wRM 32 bit scrambling sequence in the lower branch of the FECFrame header encoder
wiRM Bit i of scrambling sequence in the lower branch of the FECFrame header encoder
wp Pilot synchronization sequence, build out of wi and w'
wkp Bit of index k of pilot synchronization sequence
w' L1 block specific pilot synchronization sequence
wi' Bit of index k of L1 block specific pilot synchronization sequence
Xj The set of bits in group j of BCH information bits for L1 shortening
Xm,l Frequency interleaver input Data Cells of the OFDM Symbol l and the C2 Frame m
x Address of the parity bit accumulator according to i360 in LDPC encoder
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yi,q Bit i of cell word q from the bit-to-cell-word demultiplexer

zq Constellation point prior to normalization
The symbols s, t, i, j, k are also used as dummy variables and indices within the context of some clauses or equations.
In general, parameters which have a fixed value for a particular PLP for one processing block (e.g. C2 Frame,
Interleaving Frame, TI-block) are denoted by an upper case letter. Simple lower-case letters are used for indices and
dummy variables. The individual bits, cells or words processed by the various stages of the system are denoted by lower
case letters with one or more subscripts indicating the relevant indices.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
1024QAM 1024-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

ACM Adaptive Coding and Modulation
AWGN Additive White Gaussian Noise
BB BaseBand
BBFrame BaseBand Frame
BCH Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem multiple error correction binary block code
BCHFEC BCH Forward Error Correction
BICM Bit Interleaved Coding and Modulation
C/N Carrier to noise ratio
C/N+I Carrier to noise and intermodulation power ratio
CATV Community Antenna Television
CBR Constant Bit Rate
CCM Constant Coding and Modulation
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
D Decimal notation
DBPSK Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying
DEMUX DEMUltipleXer
DFL Data Field Length
DNP Deleted Null Packets
DVB Digital Video Broadcasting project
DVB-C DVB System for cable transmission
NOTE: As defined in EN 300 429 [i.5].
DVB-C2 DVB-C2 System
NOTE: As specified in the present document.
DVB-S DVB System for digital broadcasting via satellites
NOTE: As specified in EN 300 421 [i.8].
DVB-S2 Second Generation DVB System for satellite broadcasting
DVB-T DVB System for terrestrial broadcasting
DVB-T2 Second Generation DVB System for terrestrial broadcasting
EBU European Broadcasting Union
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EIT Event Information Table (DVB SI Table)

EMM Entitlement Management Message
FEC Forward Error Correction
FFT Fast Fourier Transformation
FIFO First In First Out
GCS Generic Continuous Stream
GF Galois Field
GFPS Generic Fixed-length Packetized Stream
GI Guard Interval
GS Generic Stream
GSE Generic Stream Encapsulation
HDTV High Definition Television
HEM High Efficiency Mode
HFC Hybrid Fibre Coax
IF Intermediate Frequency
IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
IS Interactive Services
ISCR Input Stream Clock Reference
ISI Input Stream Identifier
ISSY Input Stream SYnchronizer
ISSYI Input Stream SYnchronizer Indicator
Kbit 210 = 1 024 bits
LDPC Low Density Parity Check (codes)
LDPCFEC LDPC Forward Error Correction
LSB Least Significant Bit
MATV Master Antenna Television
Mbit 220 = 1 048 576 bits
MIS Multiple Input Stream
MPEG Moving Pictures Experts Group
MSB Most Significant Bit
NOTE: In DVB-C2 the MSB is always transmitted first.
NA Not Applicable
NM Normal Mode
NPD Null Packet Deletion
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex
PAPR Peak to Average Power Ratio
PCR Presentation Clock Reference
PER (MPEG TS) Packet Error Rate
PID Packet IDentifier
PLL Phase-Locked Loop
PLP Physical Layer Pipe
PRBS Pseudo Random Binary Sequence
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QEF Quasi Error Free
QPSK Quaternary Phase Shift Keying
RF Radio Frequency
SDT Service Description Table (DVB SI Table)
SDTV Standard Definition TV
SIS Single Input Stream
TDM Time Division Multiplex
TF Time/Frequency
TI Time Interleaver
TS Transport Stream
TSPS Transport Stream Partial Stream
TSPSC Transport Stream Partial Stream Common
TSPSS Transport Stream Partial Stream Synchronized
UP User Packet
UPL User Packet Length
VCM Variable Coding and Modulation
XFECFrame XFEC Frame
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4 DVB-C2 System architecture
4.1 System overview

The generic C2 System model is represented in figure 1. The system input(s) may be one or more MPEG-2 Transport
Stream(s) [i.1] and/or one or more Generic Stream(s) [i.2]. The Input pre-processor, which is not part of the C2 System,
may include a service splitter or a demultiplexer for Transport Streams (TS) used to separate the services into the C2
System inputs, which are one or more logical data streams. These are then carried in individual Physical Layer
Pipes (PLPs).
The system output is a single signal to be transmitted on a single RF channel.
Bit
Input Interleaved Data Slice OFDM
processing Coding & + Frame generation
Modulation Builder
TS or DVB-C2
C2 system
GSE inputs output
Figure 1: High level C2 block diagram
The input data streams shall be subject to the constraint that, over the duration of one physical-layer frame (C2 Frame),
the total input data capacity (in terms of cell throughput, following Null Packet Deletion, if applicable, and after coding
and modulation), shall not exceed the C2 available capacity (in terms of Data Cells, constant in time) of the C2 Frame
for the current frame parameters. One or more PLPs are arranged in a group of PLPs and one or more of such groups of
PLPs form a Data Slice. A C2 System may consist of one or more Data Slices. Each group of PLPs may contain one
Common PLP, but a group of PLPs need not contain a Common PLP. When the DVB-C2 signal carries a single PLP
there is no Common PLP. It is assumed that the receiver will always be able to receive one Data PLP and its associated
Common PLP, if any.
More generally, the group of statistically multiplexed services can use Variable Coding and Modulation (VCM) for
different services, provided they generate a constant total output capacity (i.e. in terms of cell rate including FEC and
modulation).
When multiple input MPEG-2 TSs are transmitted via a group of PLPs, splitting of input TSs into TSPS streams
(carried via the Data PLPs) and a TSPSC stream (carried via the associated Common PLP), as described in annex D,
shall be performed immediately before the Input processing block shown in figure 1. This processing shall be
considered an integral part of an extended DVB-C2 System.
4.2 System architecture

The C2 input processing block diagram is shown in figures 2, which is split into several parts. Figure 2(a) shows the
input processing in case of multiple PLPs. Figure 2(a) shows the BICM module and figure 2(c) shows the frame builder
module. Figure 2(d) shows the OFDM generation module.
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Input Input Null CRC-8 BB BB

interface Stream Packet encoder Header scambler
Synchroniser Deletion insertion BB
TS/GSE 0
Frame
of
Input Null BB PLP0
Input CRC-8 BB
interface Stream Packet encoder Header scrambler
TS/GSE 1 Synchroniser Deletion insertion
Multiple To BICM
input
streams
Input Input Null CRC-8 BB BB
interface Stream Packet encoder Header scambler
Synchroniser Deletion insertion BB
TS/GSE n
Frame
of
PLPn
Figure 2(a): Mode adaptation for multiple input streams (PLP)
Bit Demux Map cells to FEC-Frame

BCH - FEC LDPC - FEC constellations
encoding encoding interleaver bits to cells Header
BB (Gray mapping) Insertion
Frame Data Slice
of Packets of
PLP0 Bit Demux Map cells to FEC-Frame PLP0
Frame
of To data slice &
PLP1
frame builder
Bit Demux Map cells to FEC-Frame

Frame Data Slice
of Packets of
PLPn PLPn
Demux Map cells to

FEC encoding bits to constellations
cells (Grey Mapping)
L1 L1-
signalling header
L1 Config generation
FEC encoding Bit Demux Map cells to
(Shortened/punctured interleaver bits to constellations
L1-data LDPC/BCH) cells (Gray mapping)
Figure 2(b): Bit Interleaved Coding and Modulation (BICM)
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PLP0
Data Slice Time Frequency
PLP1 1 Interleaver Interleaver
Builder Frame Builder
(assembles
the cells of
PLPn data slices and
L1 signalling To OFDM
into arrays generation
corresponding to
Data Slice OFDM symbols.
n Time Frequency
Builder Interleaver Interleaver
L1 header L1 Block
Builder, Frequency
incl. Interleaver
L1 data Header
Time insertion
Interleaver
Figure 2(c): Data Slice + Frame builder
Pilot Guard
IFFT interval DAC
Insertion
insertion
From data slice To RF
& frame builder converter
Figure 2(d): OFDM generation
Figure 2(e) combines the functions given in figures 2(a) to 2(d) in one simplified overall DVB-C2 block diagram.
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Data Slice 1 Builder

Input FEC QAM
Sync + BI Mapper
PLPs Time +
Frequency
Interleaving
Input FEC QAM
Sync + BI Mapper
Input FEC QAM
Data Slice n Builder

Sync + BI Mapper
Frame Builder
IFFT
Guard
Time + DAC
Interval
PLPs Frequency Pilot
Interleaving Insertion
Input FEC QAM
Sync + BI Mapper
L1 Config.
L1 Time L1 Freq.
FEC QAM
Signal Inter- Block Inter-
+ BI Mapper
Gen. leaving Builder leaving
Figure 2(e): DVB-C2 modulator block diagram
4.3 Target performance

If the received signal is above the C/N+I threshold, the Forward Error Correction (FEC) technique adopted in the C2
System is designed to provide a "Quasi Error Free" (QEF) quality target. The definition of QEF adopted for DVB-C2 is
"less than one uncorrected error-event per transmission hour at the level of a 5 Mbit/s single TV service decoder",
corresponding to a Transport Stream Packet Error Rate of approximately PER < 10 -7 measured at the input of the
demultiplexer unit at the receiving end.
5 Input processing
5.1 Mode adaptation

The input to the C2 System shall consist of one or more logical data streams. One logical data stream is carried by one
Physical Layer Pipe (PLP). The mode adaptation modules, which operate separately on the contents of each PLP, slice
the input data stream into data fields which, after stream adaptation, will form baseband frames (BBFrame). The mode
adaptation module comprises the input interface, followed by three optional sub-systems (the input stream synchronizer,
the Null Packet deletion unit and the CRC-8 encoder) and then finishes by slicing the incoming data stream into data
fields and inserting the baseband header (BBHeader) at the start of each data field. Each of these sub-systems is
described in the following clauses.
Each input PLP may have one of the formats specified in clause 5.1.1. The mode adaptation module can process input
data in one of two modes, normal mode (NM) or high efficiency mode (HEM). These modes are described in
clauses 5.1.6 and 5.1.7 respectively. NM is in line with the Mode Adaptation in [i.3], whereas in HEM, further stream
specific optimizations may be performed to reduce signalling overhead. The BBHeader (see clause 5.1.6) signals the
input stream type and the processing mode.
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5.1.1 Input Formats

The input signals in terms of either single or multiple streams (one connected to each Mode Adaptation Module)
(see figure 1) shall be supplied to the Mode Adaptation Module(s). In the case of a Transport Stream (TS), the packet
rate will be a constant value, although only a proportion of the packets may correspond to service data and the
remainder may be Null Packets.
Each input stream (PLP) of the C2 System shall be associated with a modulation and FEC protection mode which is
statically configurable.
Each input PLP may take one of the following formats:

Transport Stream (TS).
Generic Encapsulated Stream (GSE) [i.2].
Generic Continuous Stream (GCS) (a variable length packet stream where the modulator is not aware of the
packet boundaries).
Generic Fixed-length Packetized Stream (GFPS); this form is retained for compatibility with DVB-S2, but it is
expected that GSE would now be used instead.
A Transport Stream shall be characterized by User Packets (UP) of fixed length O-UPL = 188 8 bits (one MPEG TS
packet), the first byte being a SYNC byte (47HEX) and shall be signalled in the BBHeader TS/GS field, see clause 5.1.6.
A GSE stream shall be characterized by variable length packets or constant length packets, as signalled within GSE
packet headers, and shall be signalled in the BBHeader by TS/GS field, see clause 5.1.6.
A GCS shall be characterized by a continuous bit-stream and shall be signalled in the BBHeader by TS/GS field and
UPL = 0D, see clause 5.1.6. A variable length packet stream where the modulator is not aware of the packet boundaries,
or a constant length packet stream exceeding 64 kbit, shall be treated as a GCS, and shall be signalled in the BBHeader
by TS/GS field as a GCS and UPL = 0D, see clause 5.1.6.
A GFPS shall be a stream of constant-length User Packets (UP), with length O-UPL bits (maximum O-UPL value
64 K), and shall be signalled in the BBHeader TS/GS field, see clause 5.1.6. O-UPL is the Original User Packet Length.
UPL is the transmitted User Packet Length, as signalled in the BBHeader.
5.1.2 Input Interface

The input interface sub-system shall map the input into internal logical-bit format. The first received bit will be
indicated as the Most Significant Bit (MSB). Input interfacing is applied separately for each single Physical Layer Pipe
(PLP), see figure 2(a).
The Input Interface shall read a data field, composed of DFL bits (Data Field Length), where:
0 < DFL < (Kbch - 80)
where Kbch is the number of bits protected by the BCH and LDPC codes (see clause 6.1).
The maximum value of DFL depends on the chosen LDPC code, carrying a protected payload of Kbch bits. The 10-byte
(80 bits) BBHeader is appended to the front of the data field, and is also protected by the BCH and LDPC codes.
The input interface shall either allocate a number of input bits equally to the available data field capacity, thus breaking
UPs in subsequent data fields (this operation being called "fragmentation"), or shall allocate an integer number of UPs
within the data field (no fragmentation). The available data field capacity is equal to Kbch - 80. When the value of
DFL < Kbch - 80, a padding field shall be inserted by the stream adapter (see clause 5.2) to complete the LDPC/BCH
code block capacity.
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5.1.3 Input Stream Synchronization (Optional)

Data processing in the DVB-C2 modulator may produce variable transmission delay on the user information. The Input
Stream Synchronizer sub-system shall provide suitable means to guarantee Constant Bit Rate (CBR) and constant
end-to-end transmission delay for any input data format. The use of the Input Stream Synchronizer subsystem is
optional, except that it shall always be used for PLPs carrying transport streams where the number of FEC blocks per
C2 Frame may vary. This process shall follow the specification given in annex C, which is similar to [i.3]. Examples of
receiver implementation are given in annex G. This process will also allow synchronization of a single PLP travelling in
different Data Slices, since the reference clock and the counter of the input stream synchronizers shall be the same
(see annex F).
The ISSY field (Input Stream Synchronization, 2 bytes or 3 bytes) carries the value of a counter clocked at the
modulator clock rate (1/T where T is defined in clause 10.) and can be used by the receiver to regenerate the correct
timing of the regenerated output stream. The ISSY field carriage shall depend on the input stream format and on the
Mode, as defined in clauses 5.1.6 and 5.1.7 and figures 4 to 8. In Normal Mode the ISSY Field is appended to UPs for
packetized streams. In High Efficiency Mode a single ISSY field is transmitted per BBFrame in the BBHeader, taking
advantage that UPs of a BBFrame travel together, and therefore experience the same delay/jitter.
When the ISSY mechanism is not being used, the corresponding fields of the BBHeader, if any, shall be set to '0'.
A full description of the format of the ISSY field is given in annex C.
5.1.4 Null Packet Deletion (optional, for TS only, NM and HEM)

Transport Stream rules require that bit rates at the output of the transmitter's multiplexer and at the input of the
receiver's demultiplexer are constant in time and the end-to-end delay is also constant. For some Transport Stream input
signals, a large percentage of Null Packets may be present in order to accommodate variable bit-rate services in a
constant bit-rate TS. In this case, in order to avoid unnecessary transmission overhead, TS Null Packets shall be
identified (PID = 8191D) and removed. The process is carried out in a way that the removed Null Packets can be
re-inserted in the receiver in the exact place where they were originated, thus guaranteeing a constant bit rate and
avoiding the need for time stamp (PCR) updating.
When Null Packet Deletion is used useful packets (i.e. TS packets with PID ≠ 8191 D), including the optional ISSY
appended field shall be transmitted while Null Packets (i.e. TS packets with PID = 8191D, including the optional ISSY
appended field may be removed (see figure 3).
After transmission of a UP, a counter called DNP (Deleted Null Packets, 1 byte) shall be first reset and then
incremented at each deleted Null Packet. When DNP reaches the maximum allowed value DNP = 255D, then if the
following packet is again a Null Packet this Null Packet is kept as a useful packet and transmitted.
Insertion of the DNP field (1 byte) shall be after each transmitted UP according to clause 5.17 and figure 3.
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Reset after
DNP DNP insertion
Null packet deletion Counter
Useful DNP (1 byte)

packets Insertion after
Output
Input ut
next useful
Null packet
packets
Input Optional
S I S I S I S I S I
Y UP S
S
Y UP S
S
Y UP S
S
Y UP S
S
Y UP S
S
N N N N N
C Y C Y C Y C Y C Y
DNP=0 DNP=0 DNP=1 DNP=2
S I D S I D
UP UP
Output Y S N Y S N
N S P N S P
C Y C Y
Figure 3: Null Packet deletion scheme
5.1.5 CRC-8 encoding (for GFPS and TS, NM only)

CRC-8 is applied for error detection at UP level (Normal Mode and packetized streams only). When applicable
(see clause 5.1.7), the UPL minus 8 bits of the UP (after SYNC byte removal, when applicable) shall be processed by
the systematic 8-bit CRC-8 encoder defined in annex E. The computed CRC-8 shall be appended after the UP according
to clause 5.1.7.
5.1.6 Baseband Header (BBHeader) insertion

A fixed length BBHeader of 10 bytes shall be inserted in front of the baseband data field in order to describe the format
of the data field. The BBHeader shall take one of two forms as shown in figure 4(a) for Normal Mode (NM) and in
figure 4(b) for High Efficiency Mode (HEM). The current mode (NM or HEM) may be detected by the MODE field
(EXORed with the CRC-8 field).
MATYPE UPL DFL SYNC SYNCD CRC-8

(2 bytes) (2 bytes) (2 bytes) (1 byte) (2 bytes) MODE
(1 byte)
Figure 4(a): BBHeader format (NM)
MATYPE ISSY 2MSB DFL ISSY SYNCD CRC-8

(2 bytes) (2 bytes) (2 bytes) 1LSB (2 bytes) MODE
(1 byte) (1 byte)
Figure 4(b): BBHeader format (HEM)
MATYPE (2 bytes): describes the input stream format and the type of Mode Adaptation as explained in table 1.
The use of the bits of the MATYPE field is described below.
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First byte (MATYPE-1):
TS/GS field (2 bits), Input Stream Format: Generic Packetized Stream (GFPS); Transport Stream; Generic
Continuous Stream (GCS); Generic Encapsulated Stream (GSE).
SIS/MIS field (1 bit): Single or Multiple Input Streams (referred to the global signal, not to each PLP).
CCM/ACM field (1 bit): Constant Coding and Modulation or Variable/Adaptive Coding and Modulation.
ISSYI (1 bit), (Input Stream Synchronization Indicator): If ISSYI = 1 = active, the ISSY field shall be
computed (see annex C) and inserted according to clause 5.1.7.
NPD/GSE-Lite (1 bit):
▪ case the TS/GS bits are set to 11 (TS), the NPD/GSE-Lite bit indicates whether Null Packet deletion is active
or not active and a TS input signal is present. If NPD is active, then DNP shall be computed and appended after
UPs.
▪ In case the TS/GS bits are set to 10 (GSE), the NPD/GSE-Lite bit indicates whether GSE-lite is active or not
active. In the case where the TS/GS bits are set to 10 (GFPS) or 01 (GCS) the setting of the NPD/GSE-Lite bit
is not defined (for future use),
EXT (2 bits), media specific (for C2, EXT=0: reserved for future use).
Table 1: MATYPE-1 field mapping
TS/GS (2 bits) SIS/MIS (1 bit) CCM/ACM (1 bit) ISSYI (1 bit) NPD/GSE-lite EXT (2 bits)
(1 bit)
00 = GFPS 1 = single 1 = CCM 1 = active 1 = active Reserved for future
11 = TS 0 = multiple 0 = ACM 0 = not-active 0 = not-active use
01 = GCS (see note 1)
10 = GSE
NOTE 1: For C2, EXT=reserved for future use and for S2, EXT=RO =transmission roll-off.
NOTE 2: For compatibility with DVB-S2 [i.3], when GSE is used with normal mode, it shall be treated as a
Continuous Stream and indicated by TS/GS = 01.
Second byte (MATYPE-2):
If SIS/MIS = Multiple Input Stream, then second byte = Input Stream Identifier (ISI); else second byte = '0'
(reserved for future use).
NOTE: The term ISI is retained here for compatibility with DVB-S2 [i.3], but has the same meaning as the term
PLP_ID which is used throughout the present document.
The use of the remaining fields of the BBHeader is described in table 2.
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Table 2: Description of the fields of the BBHeader
Field Size (Bytes) Description

MATYPE As described above.
2
UPL User Packet Length in bits, in the range [0,65535].
2
DFL Data Field Length in bits, in the range [0,58112].
2
SYNC A copy of the User Packet SYNC byte. In the case of GCS, SYNC=0x00-0xB8 is
1 reserved for transport layer protocol signalling and shall be set according to [1],
SYNC=0xB9-0xFF user private.
SYNCD The distance in bits from the beginning of the DATA FIELD to the beginning of the first
2 transmitted UP which starts in the data field. SYNCD=0D means that the first UP is
aligned to the beginning of the Data Field. SYNCD = 65535D means that no UP starts
in the DATA FIELD; for GCS, SYNCD is reserved for future use and shall be set to 0D
unless otherwise defined.
CRC-8 MODE The XOR of the CRC-8 (1-byte) field with the MODE field (1-byte). CRC-8 is the error
1 detection code applied to the first 9 bytes of the BBHeader (see annex E).
MODE (8 bits) shall be:
0D Normal Mode.
1D High Efficiency Mode.
Other values: reserved for future use.
5.1.7 Mode adaptation sub-system output stream formats

This clause describes the mode adaptation processing and fragmentation for the various modes and input stream
formats, as well as illustrating the output stream format.
Normal Mode, GFPS and TS
See clause 5.1.6 for BBHeader signalling.

For Transport Stream, O-UPL=188x8 bits, and the first byte shall be a SYNC byte (47 HEX). UPL (the transmitted User
Packet Length) shall initially be set equal to O-UPL.
The mode adaptation unit shall perform the following sequence of operations (see figure 5):
Optional input stream synchronization (see clause 5.1.3); UPL increased by 16 D or 24D bits according to ISSY
field length; ISSY field appended after each UP. For TS, either the short or long format of ISSY may be used;
for GFPS, only the short format may be used.
If a SYNC byte is the first byte of the UP, it shall be removed, and stored in the SYNC field of the BBHeader,
and UPL shall be decreased by 8D. Otherwise SYNC in the BBHeader shall be set to 0 and UPL shall remain
unmodified.
For TS only, optional Null Packet Deletion (see clause 5.1.4); DNP computation and storage after the next
transmitted UP; UPL increased by 8D.
CRC-8 computation at UP level (see clause 5.1.5); CRC-8 storage after the UP; UPL increased by 8 D.
SYNCD computation (pointing at the first bit of the first transmitted UP which starts in the Data Field) and
storage in BBHeader. The bits of the transmitted UP start with the CRC-8 of the previous UP, if used, followed
by the original UP itself, and finish with the ISSY and DNP fields, if used. Hence SYNCD points to the first bit
of the CRC-8 of the previous UP.
For GFPS: UPL storage in BBHeader.
NOTE 1: O-UPL in the modulator may be derived by static setting (GFPS only) or un-specified automatic
signalling.
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NOTE 2: Normal Mode is compatible with DVB-S2 BBFrame Mode Adaptation [i.3]. SYNCD=0 means that the
UP is aligned to the start of the Data Field and when present, the CRC-8 (belonging to the last UP of the
previous BBFrame) will be replaced in the receiver by the SYNC byte or discarded.
Time
UPL TS
Packetised Stream only
C I D C I D C I D C I D C I D
R
C
Original S
S
N
P
R
C
Original S
S
N
P
R
C
Original S N
P
R
C
Original S N
P
R
C
Original S N
P
S S S
8 UP Y 8 UP Y 8 UP Y 8 UP Y 8 UP Y
SYNCD Optional
80 bits DFL
BBHEADER DATA FIELD

HEADER

(2 bytes) (2 bytes) (2 bytes) (1 byte) (2 bytes) MODE(1 byte)
Figure 5: Stream format at the output of the Mode Adapter, Normal Mode, GFPS and TS
High Efficiency Mode, Transport Streams
For Transport Streams, the receiver knows a-priori the SYNC byte configuration and O-UPL=188x8 bits, therefore
UPL and SYNC fields in the BBHeader shall be re-used to transmit the ISSY field. The Mode Adaptation unit shall
perform the following sequence of operations (see figure 6):
Optional input stream synchronization (see clause 5.1.3) relevant to the first complete transmitted UP of the
data field; ISSY field inserted in the UPL and SYNC fields of the BBHeader.
Sync-byte removed, but not stored in the SYNC field of the BBHeader.
Optional Null Packet Deletion (see clause 5.1.4); DNP computation and storage after the next transmitted UP.
CRC-8 at UP level shall not be computed nor inserted.
storage in BBHeader. The bits of the transmitted UP start with the original UP itself after removal of the SYNC
byte, and finish with the DNP field, if used. Hence SYNCD points to the first bit of the original UP following
the SYNC byte.
UPL not computed nor transmitted in the BBHeader.
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Time
Transport Stream
D D D D D
N Original N
P
Original N
P
Original N
P
Original N
P
Original
P
UP UP UP UP UP
SYNCD
Optional
80 bits DFL
BBHEADER DATA FIELD
HEADER
MATYPE ISSY DFL ISSY SYNCD CRC-8

(2 bytes) (2 MSB) (2 bytes) (1 LSB) (2 bytes) MODE (1 byte)
Optional
Figure 6: Stream format at the output of the Mode Adapter, High Efficiency Mode for TS,
(no CRC-8 computed for UPs, optional single ISSY inserted
in the BBHeader, UPL not transmitted)
Normal Mode, GCS and GSE
See clause 5.1.6 for BBHeader signalling. For GCS the input stream shall have no structure, or the structure shall not be
known by the modulator. For GSE the first GSE packet shall always be aligned to the data field (no GSE fragmentation
allowed).
For both GCS and GSE the Mode Adaptation unit shall perform the following sequence of operations (see figure 6):
Set UPL=0D; set SYNC=0x00-0xB8 is reserved for transport layer protocol signalling and should be set
according to Reference [1], SYNC=0xB9-0xFF user private; SYNCD is reserved for future use and shall be set
to 0D when not otherwise defined.
Null Packed Deletion (see clause 5.1.4) and CRC-8 computation for Data Field (see clause 5.1.5) shall not be
performed.
Time
Generic Continuous
Stream
80 bits DFL
BBHEADER DATA FIELD
HEADER

(2 bytes) (2 bytes) (2 bytes) (1 byte) (2 bytes) MODE(1 byte)
Figure 7: Stream format at the output of the Mode Adapter, Normal Mode (GSE & GCS)
High Efficiency Mode, GSE

GSE variable length or constant length UPs may be transmitted in HEM. If GSE packet fragmentation is used, SYNCD
shall be computed. If the GSE packets are not fragmented, the first packet shall be aligned to the Data Field and thus
SYNCD shall always be set to 0D. The receiver may derive the length of the UPs from [i.2], therefore UPL
transmission in BBHeader is not performed. As per TS, the optional ISSY field is transmitted in the BBHeader.
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The Mode Adaptation unit shall perform the following sequence of operations (see figure 7):
Optional input stream synchronization (see clause 5.1.3) relevant to the first transmitted UP which starts in the
data field; ISSY field inserted in the UPL and SYNC fields of the BBHeader.
Null Packet Deletion and CRC-8 at UP level shall not be computed nor inserted.
storage in BBHeader. The transmitted UP corresponds exactly to the original UP itself. Hence SYNCD points
to the first bit of the original UP.
UPL not computed nor transmitted.
UPL (in GSE Headers)

Time
GSE
UP UP UP UP UP
SYNCD User Packet

80 bits DFL
BBHEADER DATA FIELD
HEADER
MATYPE ISSY DFL ISSY SYNCD CRC-8

(2 bytes) (2 MSB) (2 bytes) (1 LSB) (2 bytes) MODE (1 byte)
Optional
Figure 8: Stream format at the output of the Mode Adapter, High Efficiency Mode for GSE,
(no CRC-8 computed for UPs, optional single ISSY inserted
in the BBHeader, UPL not transmitted)
High Efficiency Mode, GFPS and GCS
These modes are not defined (except for the case of TS, as described above).
5.2 Stream adaptation

Stream adaptation (see figures 2(a) to 2(c)) provides:
a) scheduling (see clause 5.2.1);
b) padding (see clause 5.2.2) to complete a constant length (Kbch bits) BBFrame;
c) scrambling (see clause 5.2.3) for energy dispersal.
The input stream to the stream adaptation module shall be a BBHeader followed by a DATA FIELD. The output stream
shall be a BBFrame, as shown in figure 9.
80 bits DFL Kbch-DFL-80
BBHEADER DATA FIELD PADDING
HEADER
BBFRAME (Kbch bits)
Figure 9: BBFrame format at the output of the stream adapter
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5.2.1 Scheduler
In order to generate the required L1-part2 signalling information, the scheduler shall decide together with the Data Slice
builder which Data Slices of the final C2 System will carry data belonging to which PLPs, as shown in figures 2(a) to
2(c). Although this operation has no effect on the data stream itself at this stage, the scheduler shall already define the
composition of the Data Slice and C2 Frame structure, as described in clause 7.
5.2.2 Padding
Kbch depends on the FEC rate, as reported in tables 3(a) and 3(b). Padding may be applied in circumstances when the
user data available for transmission is not sufficient to completely fill a BBFrame, or when an integer number of UPs
has to be allocated in a BBFrame.
(Kbch-DFL-80) zero bits shall be appended after the DATA FIELD. The resulting BBFrame shall have a constant length
of Kbch bits.
5.2.3 BB scrambling
The complete BBFrame shall be randomized. The randomization sequence shall be synchronous with the BBFrame,
starting from the MSB and ending after Kbch bits.
The scrambling sequence shall be generated by the feed-back shift register of figure 10. The polynomial for the Pseudo
Random Binary Sequence (PRBS) generator shall be:
1 + X14 + X15
Loading of the sequence (100101010000000) into the PRBS register, as indicated in figure 10, shall be initiated at the
start of every BBFrame.
Initialization sequence
1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ....
EXOR
clear BBFrame input
Randomised BBFrame output
Figure 10: Possible implementation of the PRBS encoder
6 Bit-interleaved coding and modulation
6.1 FEC encoding

This sub-system shall perform outer coding (BCH), inner coding (LDPC) and bit interleaving. The input stream shall be
composed of BBFrames and the output stream of FECFrames.
Each BBFrames (Kbch bits) shall be processed by the FEC coding sub-system, to generate a FECFrame (Nldpc bits). The
parity check bits (BCHFEC) of the systematic BCH outer code shall be appended after the BBFrame, and the parity
check bits (LDPCFEC) of the inner LDPC encoder shall be appended after the BCHFEC field, as shown in figure 11.
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Nbch= Kldpc
Kbch Nbch-Kbch Nldpc-Kldpc
BBFrame BCHFEC LDPCFEC
(Nldpc bits)
Figure 11: Format of data before bit interleaving

(Nldpc = 64 800 bits for normal FECFrame, Nldpc = 16 200 bits for short FECFrame)
Table 3(a) defines the FEC coding parameters for the normal FECFrame (Nldpc = 64 800 bits) and table 3(b) for the
short FECFrame (Nldpc = 16 200 bits).
Table 3(a): Coding parameters (for normal FECFrame Nldpc = 64 800)
LDPC BCH Uncoded BCH coded block Nbch BCH Nbch-Kbch LDPC Coded Block
Code Block Kbch LDPC Uncoded Block t-error correction Nldpc
Kldpc
2/3 43 040 43 200 10 160 64 800
3/4 48 408 48 600 12 192 64 800
4/5 51 648 51 840 12 192 64 800
5/6 53 840 54 000 10 160 64 800
9/10 58 192 58 320 8 128 64 800
Table 3(b): Coding parameters (for short FECFrame Nldpc = 16 200)
LDPC BCH Uncoded BCH coded block Nbch BCH Nbch-Kbch Effective LDPC Coded
Code Block Kbch LDPC Uncoded Block t-error LDPC Rate Block
Identifier Kldpc correction Kldpc/16 200 Nldpc
1/2 7 032 7 200 12 168 4/9 16 200
(see note)
2/3 10 632 10 800 12 168 2/3 16 200
3/4 11 712 11 880 12 168 11/15 16 200
4/5 12 432 12 600 12 168 7/9 16 200
5/6 13 152 13 320 12 168 37/45 16 200
8/9 14 232 14 400 12 168 8/9 16 200
NOTE: This code rate is only used for protection of L1 pre-signalling and not for data.
NOTE: For Nldpc = 64 800 and for Nldpc = 16 200 the LDPC code rate is given by Kldpc / Nldpc. In table 3(a) the
LDPC code rates for Nldpc = 64 800 are given by the values in the 'LDPC Code' column. In table 3(b) the
LDPC code rates for Nldpc = 16 200 are given by the values in the 'Effective LDPC rate' column, i.e. for
Nldpc = 16 200 the 'LDPC Code identifier' is not equivalent to the LDPC code rate.
6.1.1 Outer encoding (BCH)

A t-error correcting BCH (Nbch, Kbch) code shall be applied to each BBFrame to generate an error protected packet. The
BCH code parameters for Nldpc = 64 800 are given in table 3(a) and for Nldpc = 16 200 in table 3(b).
The generator polynomial of the t error correcting BCH encoder is obtained by multiplying the first t polynomials in
table 4(a) for Nldpc = 64 800 and in table 4(b) for Nldpc = 16 200.
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Table 4(a): BCH polynomials (for normal FECFrame Nldpc = 64 800)
g1(x) 1+x2+x3+x5+x16
g2(x) 1+x+x4+x5+x6+x8+x16
g3(x) 1+x2+x3+x4+x5+x7+x8+x9+x10+x11+x16
g4(x) 1+x2+x4+x6+x9+x11+x12+x14+x16
g5(x) 1+x+x2+x3+x5+x8+x9+x10+x11+x12+x16
g6(x) 1+x2+x4+x5+x7+x8+x9+x10+x12+x13+x14+x15+x16
g7(x) 1+x2+x5+x6+x8+x9+x10+x11+x13+x15+x16
g8(x) 1+x+x2+x5+x6+x8+x9+x12+x13+x14+x16
g9(x) 1+x5+x7+x9+x10+x11+x16
g10(x) 1+x+x2+x5+x7+x8+x10+x12+x13+x14+x16
g11(x) 1+x2+x3+x5+x9+x11+x12+x13+x16
g12(x) 1+x+x5+x6+x7+x9+x11+x12+x16
Table 4(b): BCH polynomials (for short FECFrame Nldpc = 16 200)
g1(x) 1+x+x3+x5+x14
g2(x) 1+x6+x8+x11+x14
g3(x) 1+x+x2+x6+x9+x10+x14
g4(x) 1+x4+x7+x8+x10+x12+x14
g5(x) 1+x2+x4+x6+x8+x9+x11+x13+x14
g6(x) 1+x3+x7+x8+x9+x13+x14
g7(x) 1+x2+x5+x6+x7+x10+x11+x13+x14
g8(x) 1+x5+x8+x9+x10+x11+x14
g9(x) 1+x+x2+x3+x9+x10+x14
g10(x) 1+x3+x6+x9+x11+x12+x14
g11(x) 1+x4+x11+x12+x14
g12(x) 1+x+x2+x3+x5+x6+x7+x8+x10+x13+x14
BCH encoding of information bits M (mKbch 1 , mKbch 2 ,..., m1 , m0 ) onto a codeword is achieved as follows:
Multiply the message polynomial m(x) = mKbch 1 x kbch 1 mKbch 2 x kbch 2

... m1 x m0 by x Nbch Kbch
.
Divide x Nbch Kbch m(x) by g(x), the generator polynomial. Let

d ( x) d Nbch Kbch 1 x Nbch Kbch 1 ... d1 x d0 be the remainder.
Construct the output codeword I, which forms the information word I for the LDPC coding, as follows:
I (i0 , i1 ,..., iNbch 1 ) (mKbch 1 , mKbch 2 ,..., m1 , m0 , d Nbch Kbch 1 , d Nbch Kbch 2 ,..., d1 , d 0 )
NOTE: The equivalent codeword polynomial is c( x) x Nbch Kbch

m( x) d ( x) .
6.1.2 Inner encoding (LDPC)

The LDPC encoder treats the output of the outer encoding, I (i0 , i1 ,..., iKldpc 1 ) , as an information block of size
K ldpc N BCH , and systematically encodes it onto a codeword Λ of size N ldpc , where:
Λ 0 , 1, 2 ,..., NLDPC (i0 , i1 ,..., iKldpc 1 , p0 , p1 ,... pNldpc Kldpc 1 ) .
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The LDPC code parameters ( N ldpc, K ldpc) are given in tables 3(a) and 3(b).
6.1.2.1 Inner coding for normal FECFrame

The task of the encoder is to determine N ldpc K ldpc parity bits ( p0 , p1,..., pnldpc k ldpc 1 ) for every block of k ldpc
information bits, (i0 , i1 ,..., iKldpc 1 ) . The procedure is as follows:
Initialize p0 p1 p2 ... pNldpc Kldpc 1 0
Accumulate the first information bit, i0 , at parity bit addresses specified in the first row of tables A.1 through
A.5. For example, for rate 2/3 (A.1), (all additions are in GF(2)):
p317 p317 i0 p6700 p6700 i0
p2255 p2255 i0 p9101 p9101 i0
p2324 p2324 i0 p10057 p10057 i0
p2723 p2723 i0 p12739 p12739 i0
p3538 p3538 i0 p17407 p17407 i0
p3576 p3576 i0 p21039 p21039 i0
p6194 p6194 i0
For the next 359 information bits, im , m 1, 2, ..., 359 accumulate im at parity bit addresses
{x m mod 360 Qldpc} mod( N ldpc K ldpc) where x denotes the address of the parity bit accumulator
corresponding to the first bit i0 , and Qldpc is a code rate dependent constant specified in table 5(a). Continuing
with the example, Qldpc 60 for rate 2/3. So for example for information bit i1 , the following operations are
performed:
p377 p377 i1 p6760 p6760 i1
p2315 p2315 i1 p9161 p9161 i1
p2384 p2384 i1 p10117 p10117 i1
p2783 p2783 i1 p12799 p12799 i1
p3598 p3598 i1 p17467 p17467 i1
p3636 p3636 i1 p21099 p21099 i1
p6254 p6254 i1
For the 361st information bit i360 , the addresses of the parity bit accumulators are given in the second row of
the tables A.1 through A.5. In a similar manner the addresses of the parity bit accumulators for the following
359 information bits im , m 361, 362, ..., 719 are obtained using the formula
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{x (m mod 360 ) Qldpc} mod( N ldpc K ldpc) where x denotes the address of the parity bit accumulator
corresponding to the information bit i360 , i.e. the entries in the second row of tables A.1 through A.5.
In a similar manner, for every group of 360 new information bits, a new row from tables A.1 through A.5 are
used to find the addresses of the parity bit accumulators.
After all of the information bits are exhausted, the final parity bits are obtained as follows:
Sequentially perform the following operations starting with i 1.

pi pi pi 1 , i 1,2,..., N ldpc K ldpc 1
Final content of pi , i 0,1,.., N ldpc K ldpc 1 is equal to the parity bit pi .
Table 5(a): Qldpc values for normal frames
Code Rate Qldpc

2/3 60
3/4 45
4/5 36
5/6 30
9/10 18
6.1.2.2 Inner coding for short FECFrame

K ldpc BCH encoded bits shall be systematically encoded to generate N ldpc bits as described in clause 6.1.2.1, replacing
table 5(a) with table 5(b) and the tables of annex A with the tables of annex B.
Table 5(b): Qldpc values for short frames
Code Rate Qldpc

1/2 25
2/3 15
3/4 12
4/5 10
5/6 8
8/9 5
6.1.3 Bit Interleaver

The output Λ of the LDPC encoder shall be bit interleaved, which consists of parity interleaving followed by column-
twist interleaving. The parity interleaver output is denoted by U and the column-twist interleaver output by V.
In the parity interleaving part, parity bits are interleaved by:
ui i for 0 i Kldpc (information bits are not interleaved);
u Kldpc 360t s Kldpc Qldpc s t for 0 s 360 , 0 t Qldpc ;
where Qldpc is defined in tables 5(a) and 5(b).
The configuration of the column-twist interleaving for each modulation format is specified in table 6.
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Table 6: Bit Interleaver structure
Rows Nr Columns
Modulation Nc
Nldpc = 64 800 Nldpc = 16 200
16QAM 8 100 2 025 8
64QAM 5 400 1 350 12
4 050 - 16
256QAM
- 2 025 8
1024QAM 3 240 810 20
5 400 - 12
4096QAM
- 675 24
In the column-twist interleaving part, the data bits ui from the parity interleaver are serially written into the column-
twist interleaver column-wise, and serially read out row-wise (the MSB of BBHeader is read out first) as shown in
figure 12, where the write start position of each column is twisted by t c according to table 7. This interleaver is
described by the following:
The input bit ui with index i, for 0 ≤ i < Nldpc, is written to column ci, row ri of the interleaver, where:
ci i div N r
ri i tci mod N r
The output bit vj with index j, for 0 ≤ j < nldpc, is read from row rj, column cj, where:
rj j div N c
cj j mod N c
So for 64QAM and NLDPC = 64 800, the output bit order of column twist interleaving would be:
v0 , v1, v2 ,...v64799 u0 , u5400 , u16198 ,..., u53992 , u59231 , u64790 .

A longer list of the indices on the right hand side, illustrating all 12 columns, is: 0, 5 400, 16 198, 21 598, 26 997,
32 396, 37 796, 43 195, 48 595, 53 993, 59 392, 64 791, …… 5 399, 10 799, 16 197, 21 597, 26 996, 32 395, 37 795,
43 194, 48 594, 53 992, 59 391, 64 790.
MSB
WRITE READ
of BBHeader
Row 1
Write start
position is
twisted by tc
Row 8100
Column 1 Column 8 LSB

of FECFRAME
Figure 12: Bit interleaving scheme for normal FECFrame length and 16QAM
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Table 7(a): Column twisting parameter tc (column 0 to 11)
Columns Twisting parameter tc

Modula Nldpc
tion Nc Col.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
0
16 64 800 0 0 2 4 4 5 7 7 - - - -
8
QAM 16 200 0 0 0 1 7 20 20 21 - - - -
64 64 800 0 0 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 7 8 9
12
QAM 16 200 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 7
256 16 64 800 0 2 2 2 2 3 7 15 16 20 22 22
QAM 8 16 200 0 0 0 1 7 20 20 21 - - - -
1024 64 800 0 1 3 4 5 6 6 9 13 14 14 16
20
QAM 16 200 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5
4096 12 64 800 0 0 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 7 8 9
QAM 24 16 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2
Table 7(b): Column twisting parameter tc (column 12 to 23)
Columns Twisting parameter tc

Modula Nldpc
tion Nc Col.
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
12
16 64 800 - - - -
8
QAM 16 200 - - - -
64 64 800 - - - -
12
QAM 16 200 - - - -
256 16 64 800 27 27 28 32
QAM 8 16 200 - - - -
1024 64 800 21 21 23 25 25 26 28 30
20
QAM 16 200 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 10
4096 12 64 800
QAM 24 16 200 2 3 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11
6.2 Mapping bits onto constellations

Each FECFrame (which is a sequence of 64 800 bits for normal FECFrame, or 16 200 bits for short FECFrame), shall
be mapped to a coded and modulated FEC block by first demultiplexing the input bits into parallel cell words and then
mapping these cell words into constellation values. The number of output Data Cells and the effective number of bits
per cell MOD is defined by table 8. Demultiplexing is performed according to clause 6.2.1 and constellation mapping is
performed according to clause 6.2.2.
Table 8: Parameters for bit-mapping into constellations
LDPC block length Number of output

(Nldpc) Modulation mode MOD Data Cells
4096QAM 12 5 400
1024QAM 10 6 480
256QAM 8 8 100
64 800
64QAM 6 10 800
16QAM 4 16 200
4096QAM 12 1 350
1024QAM 10 1 620
256QAM 8 2 025
16 200 64QAM 6 2 700
16QAM 4 4 050
QPSK 2 8 100
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6.2.1 Bit to cell word demultiplexer

The bit-stream vi from the bit interleaver is demultiplexed into Nsubstreams sub-streams, as shown in figure 13. The value
of Nsubstreams is defined in table 9.
Table 9: Number of sub-streams in demultiplexer
Number of sub-streams,
Modulation Nldpc
Nsubstreams
QPSK Any 2
16QAM Any 8
64QAM Any 12
64 800 16
256QAM
16 200 8
1024QAM Any 20
64 800 12
4096QAM
16 200 24
The demultiplexing is defined as a mapping of the bit-interleaved input bits, vdi onto the output bits be,do, where:
do = di div Nsubstreams;
e is the demultiplexed bit sub stream number (0 e < Nsubstreams), which depends on di as defined in table 10;
vdi is the input to the demultiplexer;
di is the input bit number;
be,do is the output from the demultiplexer;
do is the bit number of a given stream at the output of the demultiplexer.
b0,0, b0,1, b0,2, ...
b1,0, b1,1, b1,2, ...

v0, v1, v2, ...
Demux
bNsubstreams-1,0, bNsubstreams-1,1,...
Input Outputs
Figure 13: Demultiplexing of bits into sub-streams
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Table 10(a): Parameters for demultiplexing of bits to sub-streams for

codes rates 1/2, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 9/10(8/9)
Modulation format QPSK

0 1
0 1
Modulation format 16QAM
Input bit-number,
di mod Nsubstreams 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Output bit-number,
7 1 4 2 5 3 6 0
e
Input bit-number,
di mod Nsubstreams 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Output bit-number,
11 7 3 10 6 2 9 5 1 8 4 0
e
Modulation format 256QAM (Nldpc = 64 800)
Input bit-number,
di mod Nsubstreams 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Output bit-number,
15 1 13 3 8 11 9 5 10 6 4 7 12 2 14 0
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
7 3 1 5 2 6 4 0
e
Input bit-number,
di mod Nsubstreams 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Output bit-number,
8 16 7 19 4 15 3 12 0 11 10 9 13 2 14 5 17 6 18 1
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
8 3 7 10 19 4 9 5 17 6 14 11 2 18 16 15 0 1 13 12
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
8 0 6 1 4 5 2 3 7 10 11 9
e
Modulation format 4096QAM (Nldpc = 16 200), part 1
Input bit-number,
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
di mod Nsubstreams
Output bit-number,
10 15 4 19 21 16 23 18 11 14 22 5
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
6 17 13 20 1 3 9 2 7 8 12 0
e
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Table 10(b): Parameters for demultiplexing of bits to sub-streams for code rate 2/3 only
Modulation format QPSK

0 1
0 1
Input bit-number,
di mod N 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
substreams
Output bit-number,
7 1 4 2 5 3 6 0
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
11 7 3 10 6 2 9 5 1 8 4 0
e
Input bit-number,
di mod Nsubstreams 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Output bit-number,
7 2 9 0 4 6 13 3 14 10 15 5 8 12 11 1
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
7 3 1 5 2 6 4 0
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
8 16 7 19 4 15 3 12 0 11 10 9 13 2 14 5 17 6 18 1
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
8 3 7 10 19 4 9 5 17 6 14 11 2 18 16 15 0 1 13 12
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
8 0 6 1 4 5 2 3 7 10 11 9
e
Input bit-number,
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
di mod Nsubstreams
Output bit-number,
10 15 4 19 21 16 23 18 11 14 22 5
e
Input bit-number,
Output bit-number,
6 17 13 20 1 3 9 2 7 8 12 0
e
Except for 256QAM with Nldpc= 16 200 and 4096QAM with Nldpc= 64 800, the words of width Nsubstreams are split into
two cell words of width MOD= =Nsubstreams /2 at the output of the demultiplexer. The first ηmod =Nsubstreams/2 bits
[b0,do..bNsubstreams/2-1,do] form the first of a pair of output cell words [y0,2do.. y ηMOD-1, 2do] and the remaining output
bits [bNsubstreams/2, do..bNsubstreams-1,do] form the second output cell word [y0, 2do+1..yηMOD-1,2do+1] fed to the
constellation mapper.
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In the case of 256QAM with Nldpc= 16 200 and 4096QAM with Nldpc= 64 800, the words of width 8 from the
demultiplexer form the output cell words and are fed directly to the constellation mapper, so:
[y0,do..yηmod-1,do] = [b0,do..bNsubstreams-1,do]
The application of the parameters in tables 10(a) and 10(b), for the demultiplexing of the bit-stream vi from the bit
interleaver, is subordinated to the validity of a specific modulation and code rate combination, since DVB-C2 only
supports a list of selected ModCod configurations, as shown in tables 11(a) and 11(b) (X indicates a valid
configuration).
Table 11(a): ModCods for Nldpc = 64 800
Modulation format
Code rate QPSK 16QAM 64QAM 256QAM 1024QAM 4096QAM
2/3 NA NA X NA NA NA
3/4 NA NA NA X X NA
4/5 NA X X NA NA X
5/6 NA NA NA X X X
9/10 NA X X X X X
Table 11(b): ModCods for Nldpc = 16 200
Modulation format
Code rate QPSK 16QAM 64QAM 256QAM 1024QAM 4096QAM
1/2 NA X NA NA NA NA
2/3 NA NA X NA NA NA
3/4 NA NA NA X X NA
4/5 NA X X NA NA X
5/6 NA NA NA X X X
8/9 NA X X X X X
Note: Receivers compliant to version 1.2.1 are not expected to be able to parse the ModCod combination
4096 QAM /code rate 4/5.
6.2.2 Cell word mapping into I/Q constellations

Each cell word (y0,q..yηmod-1,q) from the demultiplexer in clause 6.2.1 shall be modulated using either QPSK, 16QAM,
64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM, 4096QAM constellations to give a constellation point zq prior to normalization.
The exact values of the real and imaginary components Re(zq) and Im(zq) for each combination of the relevant input
bits ye,q are given in tables 12(a-m) for the various constellations:
Table 12(a): Constellation mapping for BPSK
y0,q 1 0
Re(zq) -1 1
Im(zq) 0 0
Table 12(b): Constellation mapping for real part of QPSK
y0,q 1 0
Re(zq) -1 1
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Table 12(c): Constellation mapping for imaginary part of QPSK
y1,q 1 0
Im(zq) -1 1
Table 12(d): Constellation mapping for real part of 16QAM
y0,q 1 1 0 0
y2,q 0 1 1 0
Re(zq) -3 -1 1 3
Table 12(e): Constellation mapping for imaginary part of 16QAM
y1,q 1 1 0 0
y3,q 0 1 1 0
Im(zq) -3 -1 1 3
Table 12(f): Constellation mapping for real part of 64QAM
y0,q 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y2,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y4,q
Re(zq) -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7
Table 12(g): Constellation mapping for imaginary part of 64QAM
y1,q 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y3,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y5,q
Im(zq) -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7
Table 12(h): Constellation mapping for real part of 256QAM
Y0,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y2,q 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y4,q
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y6,q
Re(zq) -15 -13 -11 -9 -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
Table 12(i): Constellation mapping for imaginary part of 256QAM
Y1,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y3,q 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y5,q
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y7,q
Im(zq) -15 -13 -11 -9 -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
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Table 12(j): Constellation mapping for real part of 1024QAM
Y0,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y2,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y4,q
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y6,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y8,q
Re(zq) -31 -29 -27 -25 -23 -21 -19 -17 -15 -13 -11 -9 -7 -5 -3 -1
Y0,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y2,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y4,q
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y6,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y8,q
Re(zq) 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
Table 12(k): Constellation mapping for imaginary part of 1024QAM
y1,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y3,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y5,q
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y7,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y9,q
Im(zq) -31 -29 -27 -25 -23 -21 -19 -17 -15 -13 -11 -9 -7 -5 -3 -1
y1,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y3,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y5,q
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y7,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y9,q
Im(zq) 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
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Table 12(l): Constellation mapping for real part of 4096QAM
Y0,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y2,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y4,q
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y6,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y8,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y10,q
Re(zq) -63 -61 -59 -57 -55 -53 -51 -49 -47 -45 -43 -41 -39 -37 -35 -33
Y0,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y2,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y4,q
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y6,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y8,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y10,q
Re(zq) -31 -29 -27 -25 -23 -21 -19 -17 -15 -13 -11 -9 -7 -5 -3 -1
Y0,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y2,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y4,q
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y6,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y8,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y10,q
Re(zq) 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
Y0,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y2,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y4,q
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y6,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y8,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y10,q
Re(zq) 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63
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Table 12(m): Constellation mapping for imaginary part of 4096QAM
y1,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y3,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y5,q
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y7,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y9,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y11,q
Im(zq) -63 -61 -59 -57 -55 -53 -51 -49 -47 -45 -43 -41 -39 -37 -35 -33
y1,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y3,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y5,q
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y7,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y9,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y11,q
Im(zq) -31 -29 -27 -25 -23 -21 -19 -17 -15 -13 -11 -9 -7 -5 -3 -1
y1,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y3,q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
y5,q
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y7,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y9,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y11,q
Im(zq) 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
y1,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y3,q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y5,q
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
y7,q 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
y9,q 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
y11,q
Im(zq) 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63
The constellations, and the details of the Gray mapping applied to them, are illustrated in figures 14 and 15.
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16QAM
64QAM
Figure 14: The QPSK, 16QAM and 64QAM mappings and the corresponding bit patterns
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Figure 15: The 256QAM mapping and the corresponding bit pattern
Tables 12(j) and 12(k) provide the description of 1024QAM mapping and the corresponding bit pattern. Tables 12(l)
and 12(m) provide the description of 4096QAM mapping and the corresponding bit pattern.
The constellation points zq for each input cell word (y0,q..yηmod-1,q) are normalized according to table 13 to obtain the
correct complex cell value fq to be used.
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Table 13: Normalization factors for Data Cells
Modulation Normalization
zq
QPSK fq
2
zq
16QAM fq
10
zq
64QAM fq
42
zq
256QAM fq
170
zq
1024QAM fq
682
zq
4096QAM fq
2730
7 Data Slice Packet Generation

The complex cells of one or two FECFrame shall form a Data Slice Packet. The Data Slice Packets for Data Slice
Type 1 only transmit the FECFrame data and rely on a pointer within the Level 1 Signalling Part 2 to detect their start.
The Data Slice Packets for Data Slice Type 2 carry a FECFrame header that allows for synchronization to the Data
Slice Packets without any additional information. The FECFrame header also signals the Modulation and Coding
parameters and the PLP_ID, which may change every Data Slice Packet.
7.1 Data Slice Packets for Data Slice Type 1

The complex cells g of Data Slice Packets transmitted in Data Slices of type 1 (DSLICE_TYPE='0') shall be formed by
the Nldpc /ηMOD N DP complex cells of one LDPC codeword, i.e.:
gq fq q 0,1,..., N DP 1
The signalling for Data Slices of type 1 is done within the DVB-C2 preamble, i.e. the Layer 1 - part 2. Additional
signalling is not required, as only a single PLP with fixed modulation and coding parameters per DVB-C2 frame is
allowed for Data Slices Type 1.
7.2 Data Slice Packets for Data Slice Type 2

Data Slice Packets for Data Slice Type 2 shall carry an additional FECFrame Header in front of one or two FECFrames,
which signals the PLP_ID, the Coding and Modulation parameters of the following XFECFrame, and the number of
XFECFrames following one header. The structure of these Data Slice Packets is given in figure 16.
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Data Slice Packet for

Data Slice Type 2
32 symbols (QPSK) XFECFrame: Optional second

16 symbols (16QAM) 900 … 16200 QAM cells XFECFrame
FECFrame XFECFrame – QAM modulated XFECFrame – QAM modulated

Header LDPC packets LDPC packets
QPSK/16-QAM
modulation
32 bit
Delay diversity
on lower
branch
32 bit
RM(32,16)
encoding
16 bit
0 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
(MSB) (LSB)
PLP_ID PLP_MOD PLP_COD

PLP_FEC_TYPE HEADER_COUNTER
Figure 16: Data Slice Packet, consisting of FECFrame header and following XFECFrame packet
7.2.1 FECFrame header signalling data

The 16 information bits of the FECFrame header are defined as follows, in which the MSB shall always be mapped
first:
PLP_ID: This 8-bit field uniquely identifies a PLP within a C2 system.
PLP_FEC_TYPE: This field shall signal the size of the following FECFrame (0 = 16 200 bits, 1 = 64 800 bits).
PLP_MOD: This 3 bit field signals the used QAM mappings according to table 14.
Table 14: PLP_MOD values for the available QAM mappings
Value QAM mapping

000 Reserved
001 16QAM
010 64QAM
011 256QAM
100 1024QAM
101 4096QAM
110 to 111 Reserved for future use
PLP_COD: This field signals the LDPC code rate of the following FECFrame according to table 15. Please note that
not all possible PLP_MOD and PLP_COD combinations are supported (see tables 11(a) and 11(b)).
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Table 15: PLP_COD values for the different code rates
Value Code rate

000 Reserved
001 2/3
010 3/4
011 4/5
100 5/6
8/9 (16K LDPC code)
101
9/10 (64K LDPC code)
HEADER_COUNTER: This 1 bit field signals the number of FECFrames following this FECFrame header. '0'
indicates that one FECFrame is following the FECFrame header. '1' indicates that 2 FECFrames are following the
FECFrame header, while both FECFrames shall have the same PLP_ID, PLP_FEC_TYPE, PLP_MOD and PLP_COD.
7.2.2 Coding of the FECFrame header

The encoding of the FECFrame header data shall ensure a robust synchronization and decoding of the L1 signalling
part 1 data. Therefore, the encoding scheme as shown in the figures 17(a) and 17(b) is applied. Initially the 16 bits of
the L1 signalling part 1 are FEC encoded by a Reed-Muller (32,16) encoder. Subsequently each bit of the 32 bits
Reed-Muller codeword is split to form an upper and a lower branch. The lower branch applies a cyclic shift within each
Reed-Muller codeword and scrambles the resulting data using a specific PN sequence. The data is then mapped on a
QPSK constellation for the robust FECFrame header or on a 16QAM constellation for the high efficiency FECFrame
header.
32 bit
codeword
yo,q
RM
bi RM(32,16) λi 32
16 signaling QPSK
Encoder QPSK
bits mapper
symbols
uiRM viRM
2 bit cyclic
shift + y1,q
wiRM
32 bit MPS
sequence
Figure 17(a): Robust FECFrame header
32 bit
codeword
yo,q, y1,q
RM(32,16) λiRM 16
16 signaling 16QAM
Encoder 16QAM
bits mapper
symbols
RM viRM
2 bit cyclic ui
shift + y2,q, y3,q
wiRM
32 bit MPS
sequence
Figure 17(b): High efficiency FECFrame header
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7.2.2.1 Error Coding

The 16 information bits are FEC encoded by a Reed-Muller (32,16) code. The generator matrix for this Reed-Muller
(32,16) code G is shown as follows:
Table 16(a): Definition of the Reed-Muller encoder matrix
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
G
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
The 32 Reed-Muller encoded data bits vector

RM RM
0 ,..., RM
31 is obtained by the matrix multiplication of the
16 bit long FECFrame signalling data vector b b0 ,...,b15 with the generator matrix, i.e.
RM
b G
All operations are applied modulo 2.
7.2.2.2 Cyclic Delay

RM
As depicted in figures 17(a) and 17(b), the 32 Reed-Muller encoded data bits i of the lower branch shall be
cyclically delayed by two values within each Reed-Muller codeword. The output of the cyclic delay block shall be:
u RM
i 2 mod 32
RM
i i 0,1,..,31
7.2.2.3 Scrambling of the lower branch

The data of the lower branch shall be scrambled with the scrambling sequence:
w0RM , w1RM ,..., w31

RM
0,0,0,1,1, 1,0,1,1,0, 0,0,1,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1, 1,0,1,1,1, 1,1,1,0,0, 1,1
This 32 bits output sequence viRM is obtained by applying modulo 2 operation between the cyclically shifted data
uiRM and the scrambling sequence wiRM :
viRM uiRM wiRM i 0,1,..,31
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7.2.3 Mapping onto QAM constellations

The 32 resulting bits of the upper and the 32 bits of the lower branch shall be mapped onto QAM constellations.
Therefore, the same mapping means as described in clause 6.2.2 shall be used. There are 2 different FECFrame header
architectures available. While the QPSK based FECFrame header is applied for cable channels with lower C/N, the
16QAM based FECFrame header provides a more efficient implementation (i.e. smaller header length) for cable
channels with higher C/N values.
7.2.3.1 Robust FECFrame header

The robust FECFrame header shall be modulated using QPSK as defined in clause 6.2.2 to obtain the 32 complex cell
values f q . The 32 mapper input cell words shall be defined as:
y0,i , y1,i RM
i , viRM i 0,1,...,31
This means that the bits of the upper branch are always mapped onto the real part and the bits of the lower branch are
always mapped onto the imaginary part of the QAM cell.
7.2.3.2 High efficiency FECFrame header

The high efficiency FECFrame header shall be modulated using 16QAM as defined in clause 6.2.2 to obtain the
16 complex cell values f q . The 16 mapper input cell words shall be defined as:
y0,i , y1,i , y2,i , y3,i RM

2i , RM
2i 1 , v2RM
i , v2i 1
RM
i 0,1,...,15
This means that the bits of the upper branch are always modulated onto the MSB of the real and imaginary axis, while
the bits of the lower branch are always modulated onto the LSB of the real and imaginary axis.
7.2.4 Mapping of the XFECFrame cells

The 32 cells for the robust FECFrame Header or the 16 cells for the high efficiency FECFrame Header shall be mapped
onto the first cells of the Data Slice Packet, i.e. g0 f 0 , etc.
The FECFrame header is followed by the N / complex cells of one complete LDPC codeword. If
ldpc MOD
HEADER_COUNT='1', one further FECFrame having the same PLP_ID, PLP_MOD and PLP_COD shall follow the
first one.
7.2.5 Length of the Data Slice Packet for Data Slice Type 2
The length N DP of a Data Slice Packet for Data Slice Type 2 can be calculated by means of the FECFrame Header data
only. The length for packets using the robust FECFrame header shall be:
NDP 32 XFECFRAME_ LENGTH 1 HEADER_ COUNTER
and
NDP 16 XFECFRAME_ LENGTH 1 HEADER_ COUNTER
for the high efficiency FECFrame header.
The value XFECFRAME_LENGTH for the different values of PLP_MOD and PLP_FEC_TYPE are listed in
table 16(b).
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Table 16(b): Length of the FECFrame
PLP_FEC_TYPE PLP_MOD XFECFRAME_LENGTH

0 000 NA
001 4 050
010 2 700
011 2 025
100 1 620
101 1 350
110 1 158
111 1 013
1 000 900
001 16 200
010 10 800
011 8 100
100 6 480
101 5 400
110 4 629
111 4 050
7.2.6 Stuffing Data Slice Packets

Stuffing Data Slice Packets provide a mechanism to fill up Data Slices of Type 2 with Auxiliary Data. Stuffing packets
shall use the PLP_MOD value '000'. Accordingly they have the minimum FECFrame length of 900QAM cells, while
their total length shall be defined according to clause 7.2.4. The settings for the related stuffing FECFrame header are:
PLP_ID: n/a (arbitrary value)
PLP_FEC_TYPE: 1 (= 64 800 bits)
PLP_MOD: 000 (= 900QAM cells length)
PLP_COD: n/a (arbitrary value)
HEADER_COUNTER: 0
Stuffing Data Slice Packets can be used in any Data Slice and any location in the C2 Frame. Both regular Data Slice
Packets and stuffing Data Slice Packets overlap over different C2 Frames if their end does not coincide with the end of
the C2 Frame.
If the Data Slice is discontinued in the following C2 Frame the stuffing Data Slice Packet is only transmitted partially
up to the end of the C2 Frame (i.e. not completed in the following C2 Frame). In the case where the remaining part is
less than the number of cells in FECFrame header and the data is discontinued the next C2 frame, the remaining cells
should be transmitted. The FECFrame headers of stuffing Data Slice Packets shall match with the L1 settings of the
related Data Slice.
The data content of the 900QAM stuffing Data Cells is arbitrary but shall meet the average QAM cell energy
requirement.
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8 Generation, coding and modulation of Layer 1 part 2

signalling
8.1 Overview
Figure 18 illustrates the C2 Frame structure and the related preamble with embedded L1 signalling part 2. The number
of Preamble Symbols depend on the amount of L1 signalling, i.e. the number of underlying Data Slices and PLPs and
L1 TI mode. This clause concentrates on the structure and the syntax of the L1 signalling part 2 rather than the
preamble coding and modulation (being described in more detail in clause 8.4). L1 signalling part 2 indicates OFDM
parameters of the C2 channel as well as all relevant information for the Data Slices, PLPs and Notch bands.
C2 Frame
time
Preamble
Data Symbols
Symbol(s)
L1 signalling part 2 data CRC
L1 block padding L1 padding
Figure 18: The L1 part 2 signalling structure
8.2 Preamble Header

A fixed length Preamble Header of 32 OFDM Cells shall be inserted in front of the L1 TI-block at each Preamble
Symbol as shown in figure 19. All L1 part 2 headers in one C2 Frame shall be same. The Preamble header describes
L1-part2 length and TI mode of L1 block. The 16 information bits of the Preamble header are FEC encoded by a
Reed-Muller (32,16) code and encoded by QPSK same as the QPSK based FECFrame header in clause 7.2.2.
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32 OFDM cells L1 Time interleaving block width
Preamble 1 Preamble Header
L1 Time interleaving block
Preamble NL1_TI_DEPTH Preamble Header
QPSK
modulation
32 bits
Delay diversity
on lower branch
32 bits
RM(32,16)
encoding
16 bits
L1_INFO_SIZE (14 bits) L1_TI_MODE (2 bits)
Figure 19: Preamble header generation and signalling fields
L1_INFO_SIZE: This 14-bit field indicates the half size of the L1-part2 including L1 signalling part 2 data and
L1 block padding, if present, in bits as shown in figure 20. The value of K L1part2_ex_pad shall be calculated by adding
32 (the length of CRC) to L1_INFO_SIZE×2.
L1 block padding L1 padding
L1 signalling part 2 data CRC
L1_INFO_SIZE x 2
Figure 20: The size indicated by the L1_INFO_SIZE field
L1_TI_MODE: This 2-bit field indicates the mode of time interleaving for L1-part2 of current C2 Frame. The time
interleaving mode is signalled according to table 17. See clause 8.5 for more information.
Table 17: Signalling format for the L1_TI_MODE field
Value Mode
00 No time interleaving
01 Best Fit
10 4 OFDM Symbols
11 8 OFDM Symbols
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8.3 L1 signalling part 2 data

Table 18 indicates the detailed use of fields for L1 signalling part 2 data.
Table 18: The signalling fields of L1 signalling part 2 data
Field Size (bits)

NETWORK_ID 16
C2_SYSTEM_ID 16
START_FREQUENCY 24
C2_BANDWIDTH 16
GUARD_INTERVAL 2
C2_FRAME_LENGTH 10
L1_PART2_CHANGE_COUNTER 8
NUM_DSLICE 8
NUM_NOTCH 4
for i=0..NUM_DSLICE-1 {
DSLICE_ID 8
DSLICE_TUNE_POS 14 or 13
DSLICE_OFFSET_LEFT 9 or 8
DSLICE_OFFSET_RIGHT 9 or 8
DSLICE_TI_DEPTH 2
DSLICE_TYPE 1
if DSLICE_TYPE=='1' {
FEC_HEADER_TYPE 1
}
DSLICE_CONST_CONF 1
DSLICE_LEFT_NOTCH 1
DSLICE_NUM_PLP 8
for i=0..DSLICE_NUM_PLP-1 {
PLP_ID 8
PLP_BUNDLED 1
PLP_TYPE 2
PLP_PAYLOAD_TYPE 5
if PLP_TYPE=='00' or '01' {
PLP_GROUP_ID 8
}
if DSLICE_TYPE=='0' {
PLP_START 14
PLP_FEC_TYPE 1
PLP_MOD 3
PLP_COD 3
}
PSI/SI_REPROCESSING 1
if PSI/SI_REPROCESSING=='0' {
transport_stream_id 16
original_network_id 16
}
RESERVED_1 8
}
RESERVED_2 8
}
for i=0..NUM_NOTCH-1 {
NOTCH_START 14 or 13
NOTCH_WIDTH 9 or 8
RESERVED_3 8
}
RESERVED_TONE 1
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (EWS) 1
C2 VERSION 4
RESERVED_4 11
NETWORK_ID: This is a 16-bit field which uniquely identifies the current DVB-C2 network.
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C2_SYSTEM_ID: This 16-bit field uniquely identifies a C2 System within the DVB-C2 network.
START_FREQUENCY: This 24-bit field indicates the start frequency of the current C2 System by means of the
distance from 0 Hz and gives the unsigned integer value in multiples of the carrier spacing of the current C2 System.
The value of '0' means 0 Hz. The START_FREQUENCY shall be identical to the OFDM subcarrier with the smallest
absolute carrier index k=Kmin that actually transmits the DVB-C2 preamble for the given C2 system. Additionally, the
START_FREQUENCY shall be multiples of the pilot spacing DX and the START_FREQUENCY shall not change
between different C2 frames.
C2_BANDWIDTH: This 16-bit field indicates the bandwidth of the current C2 system. The C2_BANDWIDTH field
multiplied with the pilot spacing DX + 1 represents the bandwidth of the C2 system in OFDM subcarriers. The value
shall not change between different C2 frames. The bandwidth of the current C2 system is defined by the frequency
spacing between the edge pilots next to the most left and the most right Data Slice of the current C2 system.
GUARD_INTERVAL: This 2-bit field indicates the guard interval of the current C2 Frame, according to table 19.
Table 19: Signalling format for the guard interval
Value Guard interval fraction

00 1/128
01 1/64
C2_FRAME_LENGTH: This 10-bit field gives the number of Data Symbols per C2 Frame (Ldata). The C2 System
according to the present document does only allow C2_FRAME_LENGTH = 0x1C0 (448 decimal). All other codes for
C2_FRAME_LENGTH are reserved for future use.
L1_PART2_CHANGE_COUNTER: This 8-bit field indicates the number of C2 Frames ahead where the
configuration (i.e. the contents of the fields in the L1 signalling part 2 except for the PLP_START and
L1_PART2_CHANGE_COUNTER) will change. The next C2 Frame with changes in the configuration is indicated by
the value signalled within this field. If this field is set to the value '0', it means that no scheduled change is foreseen. For
example, value '1' indicates that there is change in the next C2 Frame.
NUM_DSLICE: This 8-bit field indicates the number of Data Slices carried within the current C2 Frame. The
minimum value of this field shall be '1'.
NOTE 1: Both the number of Data Slices and the number of PLPs for each Data Slice of a C2 System are chosen
such that the overall L1-part2 signalling does not exceed 32 766 bits.
NUM_NOTCH: This 4-bit field indicates the number of Notch bands. If there is no Notch band within the current C2
Frame, this field shall be set to '0'.
The following fields appear in the Data Slice loop:
DSLICE_ID: This 8-bit field uniquely identifies a Data Slice within the C2 System.
DSLICE_TUNE_POS: This field indicates the tuning position of the associated Data Slice relative to the
START_FREQUENCY. Its bit width shall be 13 bits or 14 bits according to the GUARD_INTERVAL value.
When GUARD_INTERVAL is '00', the bit width of this field shall be 13 bits and indicate the tuning position
in multiples of 24 carriers within current C2 Frame. Otherwise the bit width of this field shall be 14 bits and
indicate the tuning position in multiples of 12 carriers within the current C2 Frame relative to the
START_FREQUENCY. DSLICE_TUNE_POS must be a value at least 1 704 carriers from the edge of a
broadband notch or the start or end of the C2 system.
DSLICE_OFFSET_LEFT: This field indicates the start position of the associated Data Slice by means of the
distance to the left from the tuning position and shall be two's complement integer of 8 bits or 9 bits according
to the GUARD_INTERVAL value. When GUARD_INTERVAL is '00', this field shall be two's complement
integer of 8 bits and indicate the distance from the tuning position in multiples of 24 carriers within current C2
Frame. Otherwise this field shall be two's complement integer of 9 bits and indicate the distance from the
tuning position in multiples of 12 carriers within current C2 Frame.
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DSLICE_OFFSET_RIGHT: This field indicates the end position of the associated Data Slice by means of
the distance to the right from the tuning position and shall be two's complement integer of 8 bits or 9 bits
according to the GUARD_INTERVAL value. When GUARD_INTERVAL is '00', this field shall be two's
complement integer of 8 bits and indicate the distance from the tuning position in multiples of 24 carriers
within current C2 Frame. Otherwise this field shall be two's complement integer of 9 bits and indicate the
distance from the tuning position in multiples of 12 carriers within current C2 Frame.
NOTE 2: DSLICE_OFFSET_LEFT and DSLICE_OFFSET_RIGHT may both have positive or negative values,
which means that the complete Data Slice is left or right hand side of the tuning position.
DSLICE_TI_DEPTH: This 2-bit field indicates the time interleaving depth within the associated Data Slice
according to table 20.
Table 20: Signalling format for the time interleaving depth
Value TI depth
00 No time interleaving
01 4 OFDM Symbols
10 8 OFDM Symbols
11 16 OFDM Symbols
DSLICE_TYPE: This 1-bit field indicates the type of the associated Data Slice according to table 21. The
Data Slice Type 1 is only for the transmission of a single PLP with fixed modulation and coding parameters
within a Data Slice. See clause 7 for more information.
Table 21: Signalling format for the Data Slice type
Value Data Slice type

0 Data Slice Type 1
1 Data Slice Type 2
The following field appears only if the DSLICE_TYPE is '1'.
FEC_HEADER_TYPE: This 1-bit field indicates the type of the FECFrame header within the associated
Data Slice according to table 22.
Table 22: Signalling format for the FECFrame header type
Value FECFrame header type

0 Robust mode
1 High efficiency mode
DSLICE_CONST_CONF: This 1-bit field indicates whether the configuration of the associated Data Slice is
variable or fixed. If this field is set to value '1', the configuration of the associated Data Slice shall not change.
Otherwise this field shall be set to '0'. A value of '1' is only allowed in combination with Data Slices Type 2.
DSLICE_LEFT_NOTCH: This 1-bit field indicates the presence of the left neighboured Notch band of the
associated Data Slice. If the start of associated Data Slice is neighboured by Notch band, this field shall be set
to '1'. Otherwise this field shall be set to '0'.
NOTE 3: The DSLICE_LEFT_NOTCH field can be used by a receiver to assist in finding the number of Data Cells
of the current Data Slice. The continual pilots positioned on the edge of the Notch band change the
number of Data Cells of its right neighboured Data Slice. See clause 9.6.4.1 for more information.
DSLICE_NUM_PLP: This 8-bit field indicates the number of PLPs carried within the associated Data Slice.
The minimum value of this field shall be '1'.
NOTE 4: Both the number of Data Slices and the number of PLPs for each Data Slice of a C2 System are chosen
such, that the overall L1-part2 signalling does not exceed 32 766 bits.
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The following fields appear in the PLP loop:
PLP_ID: This 8-bit field identifies a PLP within the C2 System.
PLP_BUNDLED: This 1-bit field indicates whether the associated PLP is bundled with other PLP(s) or not
within the current C2 System. If the associated PLP is bundled, this field shall be set to '1'. Otherwise this field
shall be set to '0'.
PLP_TYPE: This 2-bit field indicates the type of the associated PLP. PLP_TYPE shall be signalled according
to table 23.
Table 23: Signalling format for the PLP_TYPE field
Value PLP type

00 Common PLP
01 Grouped Data PLP
10 Normal Data PLP
11 Reserved for future use
PLP_PAYLOAD_TYPE: This 5-bit field indicates the type of the payload data carried by the associated
PLP. PLP_PAYLOAD_TYPE shall be signalled according to table 24. See clause 5.1.1 for more information.
Table 24: Signalling format for the PLP_PAYLOAD_TYPE field
Value Payload type

00000 GFPS
00001 GCS
00010 GSE
00011 TS
The following field appears only if the PLP_TYPE is '00' or '01'.
PLP_GROUP_ID: This 8-bit field identifies with which PLP group within the C2 System the current PLP is
associated. This can be used by a receiver to link the Data PLP to its associated Common PLP, which will
have the same PLP_GROUP_ID.
The following fields appear only if the DSLICE_TYPE is '0', i.e. the Data Slice Type 1 is used.
PLP_START: This 14-bit field indicates the start position of the first complete XFECframe of the associated
PLP within the current C2 Frame. It uses the cell addressing scheme defined in clause 9.4.3.
PLP_FEC_TYPE: This 1-bit field indicates the FEC type used by the associated PLP. The FEC type shall be
signalled according to table 25.
PLP_MOD: This 3-bit field indicates the modulation used by the associated PLP. The modulation shall be
signalled according to table 25.
The signalling is valid for the first XFECframe starting within the DVB-C2 frame.
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Table 25: Signalling format for the PLP_MOD and the PLP_COD fields
PLP_FEC_TYPE PLP_MOD PLP FEC type Modulation XFECFrame Length

000 Reserved NA
001 16QAM 4 050
010 64QAM 2 700
011 256QAM 2 025
0 16K LDPC
100 1024QAM 1 620
101 4096QAM 1 350
110 Reserved 1 158
111 Reserved 1 013
000 Reserved 900
001 16QAM 16 200
010 64QAM 10 800
011 256QAM 8 100
1 64K LDPC
100 1024QAM 6 480
101 4096QAM 5 400
110 Reserved 4 629
111 Reserved 4 050
NOTE 5: The XFECframe length of the associated PLP is determined by PLP_FEC_TYPE and PLP_MOD as
shown in table 25.
PLP_COD: This 3-bit field indicates the code rate used by the associated PLP. The code rate shall be
signalled according to table 26. When PLP_COD is '101', the code rate is determined by PLP_FEC_TYPE. If
PLP_FEC_TYPE is set to '0', PLP_COD of '101' means the code rate of 8/9. Otherwise it means the code rate
of 9/10. Please note that not all possible PLP_MOD and PLP_COD combinations are supported
(see tables 11(a) and 11(b)).
Table 26: Signalling format for the code rate
Value Code rate

000 Reserved for future use
001 2/3
010 3/4
011 4/5
100 5/6
8/9 (16K LDPC code)
101
9/10 (64K LDPC code)
PSI/SI_REPROCESSING: This 1-bit field indicates whether PSI/SI reprocessing is performed or not. This
can be used by a receiver to recognize if it can rely on the related PSI/SI parts. When PSI/SI reprocessing is
performed, this field shall be set to '1', otherwise it shall be set to '0'.
The following fields appear only if the PSI/SI_REPROCESSING is '0'.
transport_stream_id: This is a 16-bit field which serves as a label for identification of this TS from any other
multiplex within the delivery system (see also [i.4]).
original_network_id: This 16-bit field gives the label identifying the network_id of the originating delivery
system (see also [i.4]).
RESERVED_1: This 8-bit field is reserved for future use.
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The following fields appear in the Notch loop:
NOTCH_START: This field indicates the start position of the associated Notch band and gives the unsigned
integer value relative to the START_FREQUENCY. Its bit width shall be 13 bits or 14 bits according to the
GUARD_INTERVAL value. When GUARD_INTERVAL is '00', the bit width of this field shall be 13 bits
and indicate the start position in multiples of 24 carriers within the current C2 Frame. Otherwise the bit width
of this field shall be 14 bits and indicate the start position in multiples of 12 carriers within the current C2
Frame.
NOTCH_WIDTH: This field indicates the width of the associated Notch band and gives the unsigned integer
value. Its bit width shall be 8 bits or 9 bits according to the value of GUARD_INTERVAL. When
GUARD_INTERVAL is '00', the bit width of this field shall be 8 bits and indicate the width in multiples of
24 carriers within the current C2 Frame. Otherwise the bit width of this field shall be 9 bits and indicate the
width in multiples of 12 carriers within the current C2 Frame.
RESERVED_TONE: This 1-bit field indicates whether some carriers are reserved. When there are reserved
carriers within the current C2 Frame, this bit shall be set to '1', otherwise it shall be set to '0'. The positions of
reserved carriers for reserved tones within a C2 Frame are given in clause 9.7.
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (EWS): This bit is set to ‘1’ in case of early warning for disaster risk
reduction as defined by individual national authorities worldwide.
Note 6: Name of EWS may be different in different countries
C2 VERSION: This field indicates the Version of the DVB-C2 the transmitted signal is compliant to. The C2
VERSION shall be signalled according to table 26(a).
Table 26(a): Signalling format for the C2 VERSION field
Value Version Number

0000 1.2.1
0001 1.3.1
0010 -1111 Reserved for future use
NOTE 7: A receiver can assume that higher versions of the L1-signalling can always be interpreted as though
encoded according to lower versions.
NOTE 8: Operators cannot rely on versioning signalling to discriminate 1.2.1 compliant receivers, because they are
not able to parse the versioning.
8.3.1 L1 block padding

This 1-bit field is inserted following the L1 signalling part 2 data to ensure that the length of L1 signalling part 2
including L1 signalling part2 data and L1 block padding is a multiple of 2 (see figure 20). If the total length of L1
signalling part 2 is not a multiple of 2, this field shall be inserted at the end of the L1 signalling part 2 data. The value of
the L1 block padding bit, if any, shall be set to '0'.
8.3.2 CRC for the L1 signalling part 2

A 32-bit error detection code is applied to the entire L1 signalling part 2 including L1 signalling part 2 data and L1
block padding. The location of the CRC field can be found from the length of the L1 signalling part 2, which can be
calculated using L1_INFO_SIZE in the Preamble header. The CRC-32 is defined in annex E.
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8.3.3 L1 padding
This variable-length field is inserted following the L1 signalling part 2 CRC field to ensure that multiple LDPC blocks
of the L1 signalling part 2 have the same information size when the L1 signalling part 2 is segmented into multiple
blocks and these blocks are separately encoded. Details of how to determine the length of this field are described in
clause 8.4. The value of the L1 padding bits, if any, are set to '0'.
8.4 Modulation and error correction coding of the L1 part 2 data

8.4.1 Overview
The L1 part 2 data is protected by a concatenation of BCH outer code and LDPC inner code. The L1 part 2 data shall be
first BCH-encoded. The length of the L1 part 2 data bits varies depending on the complexity of the underlying Data
Slices. The L1 part 2 data can be segmented into multiple blocks. A segmented L1 part 2 data has a length less than
BCH information length Kbch = 7 032. Therefore, a shortening operation (zero padding) is required for BCH or LDPC
encoding. After BCH encoding with zero padded information, the BCH parity bits of the L1-part2 data shall be
appended to the L1 part 2 data. The concatenated L1 part 2 data and BCH parity bits are further protected by a
shortened and punctured 16K LDPC code with code rate 1/2 (Nldpc = 16 200). Note that the effective code rate of the
16K LDPC code with code rate 1/2 is 4/9, where the effective code rate is defined as the information length over the
encoder output length. Details of how to shorten and puncture the 16K LDPC code are described in clauses 8.4.3.1,
8.4.3.4 and 8.4.3.5. Each coded L1 signalling part 2 shall be bit-interleaved (see clause 8.4.3.6) and then shall be
mapped onto constellations (see clause 8.4.4). Note that only 16QAM is used for encoding of L1 signalling part 2. The
conceptual processing of coding and modulation of L1 signalling part 2 is shown in figure 21.
Segmentation
L1-part 2 data
Zero BCH LDPC
Puncturing
Padding Encoding Encoding
Bit 16 QAM L1 FEC

DEMUX
Intlv. Mod. Builder
Figure 21: Encoding and Modulation of L1 signalling part 2
Since the length of L1 signalling part 2 is variable, the resulting number of needed L1 frames is also varying. Each L1
FECFrame packet corresponds to one L1 block within an OFDM Symbol. As soon as more than one L1 FECFrame
packet is needed, the same number of Preamble Symbols in consecutive OFDM Symbols is needed. If the length of L1
part 2 data exceeds a predetermined number N L1 part 2 _ max_ per _ Symbol (see clause 8.4.2), the L1 part 2 data shall be
divided into equidistant blocks. N L1 part 2 _ max_ per _ Symbol means the maximum number of L1 information bits for
transmitting the coded L1 signalling part 2 through one OFDM Symbol. Figures 22 (a) and 22 (b) show the handling
example for the following cases:
a) L1 part 2 fits into one L1 part 2 LDPC FECFrame (see figure 22 (a)).
b) L1 part 2 exceeds one L1 part 2 LDPC FECFrame (see figure 22 (b)).
Details of the segmentation are described in clause 8.4.2.
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NL1part2_max_per_Symbol 3 x NL1part2_max_per_Symbol
L1 part 2 data
Coding and Modulation L1 FEC 1
L1_XFEC_FRAME H L1 FEC 1
C2 Frame Preamble Data Data

(in time) Symbol Symbol Symbol
Figure 22(a): L1 part 2 fits into one L1 part 2 LDPC FECFrame
NL1part2_max_per_Symbol 3 x NL1part2_max_per_Symbol
L1 part 2 data
Coding and Modulation L1 FEC 1 L1 FEC 2 L1 FEC 3
L1_XFEC_FRAME H L1 FEC 1 H L1 FEC 2 H L1 FEC 3
C2 Frame Preamble Preamble Preamble Data Data

(in time) Symbol 1 Symbol 2 Symbol 3 Symbol Symbol
Figure 22(b): L1 part 2 exceeds one L1 part 2 LDPC FECFrame
According to the signalling field for time interleaving in L1 signalling part 2 header, 'L1_TI_MODE', the time
interleaving can be applied to L1 FECFrame (see clause 8.2). Details of the time interleaving are described in
clause 8.5.
If there are cells remaining from each Preamble Symbol after mapping each L1 FECFrame to the Preamble Symbol, the
L1 FECFrame including L1 part 2 header is cyclically repeated until the complete preamble block is filled, as shown in
figure 23. The information on the structure of a cyclically repeated L1 FECFrame in a Preamble Symbol is obtained by
detecting and extracting of L1 part 2 header.
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Preamble
H L1 FEC 1
Packet
Repetition H L1 FEC 1 H
2,840 cells
Frequency
Preamble Block
Interleaver
Preamble Block 1 Preamble Block 2
Figure 23: Allocation of L1 FECFrame to L1 blocks (Preamble blocks)
8.4.2 Parameters for FEC encoding of L1 part 2 data

The number of L1 part 2 data bits is variable and the bits shall be transmitted over one or multiple 16K LDPC blocks
depending on the length of the L1 part 2 data. The number of LDPC blocks for the L1 part 2 data, NL1part2_FEC_Block,
shall be determined as follows:
K L1 part 2 _ ex _ pad
N L1 part 2 _ FEC _ Block ,
N L1 part 2 _ max_ per _ Symbol
where x means the smallest integer larger than or equal to x, and K L1 part 2 _ ex _ pad , which can be found by adding 32
to the parameter 2×L1_ INFO_SIZE, denotes the number of information bits of the L1 part 2 signalling excluding the
padding field, L1_PADDING (see clause 8.3.3).
N L1 part 2 _ max_ per _ Symbol is 4 759 which is chosen as the minimum value among the maximum values of Ki satisfying
that NL1part2 (Ki) is less than or equal to NL1part2_Cells× MOD, for i = 1, 2, …, 8. Here, NL1part2_Cells (= 2 808) denotes
the number of available cells for L1 signalling part 2 in one OFDM Symbol, MOD denotes the modulation order 4 for
16QAM, and NL1part2 (Ki) is the length of the encoded L1 signalling part 2 with Ki information bits for
NL1part2_FEC_Block = i. Then, the length of L1_PADDING field, KL1part2_PADDING shall be calculated as:
K L1 part 2 _ ex _ pad
K L1 part 2 _ PADDING N L1 part 2 _ FEC _ Block K L1 part 2 _ ex _ pad .
N L1 part 2 _ FEC _ Block
The final length of the whole L1 signalling part 2 including the padding field, KL1part2 shall be set as follows:
K L1 part 2 K L1 part 2 _ ex _ pad K L1_ PADDING .
The number of information bits in each of NL1part2_FEC_Block blocks, Ksig is then defined by:
K L1 part 2
Ksig .
N L1 part 2_ FEC _ Block
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Each block with information size of Ksig is protected by a concatenation of BCH outer codes and LDPC inner codes.
Each block shall be first BCH-encoded, where its Nbch_parity (= 168) BCH parity check bits shall be appended to
information bits of each block. The concatenated information bits of each block and BCH parity check bits are further
protected by a shortened and punctured 16K LDPC code with code rate 1/2 (effective code rate:
Reff_16K_LDPC_1_2 = 4/9). Details of how to shorten and puncture the 16K LDPC code are described in clauses 8.4.3.1,
8.4.3.4 and 8.4.3.5.
For a given Ksig and modulation order (16QAM is used for the L1 signalling part 2), Npunc shall be determined by the
following steps:
Step 1) Calculate the number of puncturing bits as follows:
6
N punc _ temp ( Kbch Ksig ) ,
5
where Kbch is 7 032 for the 16K LDPC code with code rate 1/2, and the operation x means the largest integer less
than or equal to x. A temporary size of puncturing bits is calculated by multiplying the shortening length by a fixed
number 6/5.
The effective LDPC code rate of the L1 signalling part 2, Reff_L1part2 is always lower than or equal to
Reff_16K_LDPC_1_2. Reff_ L1part2 tends to decrease as the information length Ksig decreases. This rate control ensures that
the receiving coverage for the L1 signalling part 2 is preserved after the shortening and puncturing. The multiplicative
coefficient 6/5 is the ratio of the puncturing length to the shortening length and it is chosen as the best value among
those formed of (B+1)/B for an integer B.
Step 2) N L1 part 2 _ temp K sig Nbch _ parity Nldpc (1 Reff _16 K _ LDPC _1_ 2 ) N punc _ temp .
For the 16K LDPC code with effective code rate 4/9, Nldpc (1 Reff _16K _ LDPC _1_ 2 ) 9 000 .
Step 3) According to the value of time interleaving field, 'L1_TI_MODE', in the L1 part 2 header (see clause 8.2),
NL1part2 shall be calculated as follows:
If L1_TI_MODE = 00 or 01,
N L1 part 2 _ temp
2 MOD N L1 part 2 _ FEC _ Block
2 MOD N L1 part 2 _ FEC _ Block
N L1 part 2
Otherwise,
N L1 part 2 _ temp
2 MOD N L1_ TI _ Depth
2 MOD N L1_ TI _ Depth
where MOD is 4 for 16QAM, and NL1_TI_Depth is 4 and 8 for L1_TI_MODE = 10 and 11, respectively, as shown in
clause 8.2.
This step guarantees that NL1part2 is a multiple of the number of columns of the bit interleaver, 2 MOD, (described in
clause 8.4.3.6) and that NL1part2/ MOD is a multiple of the number of OFDM Symbols for transmitting L1 signalling
part 2. Note that the number of OFDM Symbols for transmitting L1 signalling part 2 are NL1part2_FEC_Block and
NL1_TI_Depth for 'L1_TI_MODE = 00, 01' and 'L1_TI_MODE = 10, 11', respectively.
Step 4) N punc N punc _ temp ( N L1 part 2 N L1 part 2 _ temp ) .
NL1part2 is the number of the encoded bits for each information block. After the shortening and puncturing, the encoded
N L1 part 2
bits of each block shall be mapped to N MOD _ per _ Block modulated symbols. The total number of the
MOD
modulation symbols of NL1part2_FEC_Block blocks, N MOD _ Total is N MOD _ Total N MOD _ per _ Block N L1 part 2 _ FEC _ Block .
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When 16QAM is used, a bit interleaving shall be applied across each LDPC block. Details of how to interleave the
encoded bits are described in clause 8.4.3.6. Demultiplexing is then performed as described in clause 8.4.4.1. The
demultiplexer output is then mapped to a 16QAM constellation, as described in clause 8.4.4.2.
8.4.3 FEC Encoding
8.4.3.1 Zero padding of BCH information bits

Ksig bits defined in clause 8.4.2 shall be encoded into a 16K (Nldpc= 16 200) LDPC codeword after BCH encoding.
Since the Ksig is always less than the number of BCH information bits (= Kbch = 7 032) for a given code rate 1/2, the
BCH code shall be shortened. A part of the information bits of the 16K LDPC code shall be padded with zeros in order
to fill Kbch information bits. The padding bits shall not be transmitted.
All Kbch BCH information bits, denoted by {m0, m1, …, mKbch - 1 }, are divided into Ngroup (= Kldpc/360) groups as
follows:
k
Xj mk j ,0 k Kbch for 0 j N group,
360
where Xj represents the jth bit group. The code parameters (Kbch, Kldpc) are given in table 27 for L1 part 2 data.
Table 27: Code parameters (Kbch, Kldpc) for L1 part 2 data
Kbch Kldpc
L1 signalling part 2 7 032 7 200
For 0 j N group 2 , each bit group X j has 360 bits and the last bit group X Ngroup 1
has
360 - (Kldpc - Kbch) = 192 bits, as illustrated in figure 24.
Figure 24: Format of data after LDPC encoding of L1 signalling part 2
For the given Ksig, the number of zero-padding bits is calculated as (Kbch - Ksig). Then, the shortening procedure is as
follows:
Step 1) Compute the number of groups in which all the bits shall be padded, Npad such that:
If 0 K sig 360 , N pad N group 1
Kbch K sig
Otherwise, N pad
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Step 2) For Npad groups X S (0) , X S (1) , …, X S ( m 1) X S ( N pad 1) , all information bits of the groups shall be
padded with zeros. Here, S is a permutation operator depending on the code rate and modulation order,
described in table 28.
Step 3) If N pad N group 1 , (360 K sig ) information bits in the last part of the bit group X S ( N group 1) shall
be additionally padded. Otherwise, for the group X S ( N pa d)
, K bch K sig 360 N pad information
bits in the last part of X S ( N pa d)
shall be additionally padded.
Step 4) Finally, Ksig information bits are sequentially mapped to bit positions which are not padded in Kbch BCH
information bits, {m0, m1, …, mKbch-1 }by the above procedure.
EXAMPLE: Suppose for example the value of Ksig is 3 986. In this case, from step (1), 8 groups would have all
zero padded bits, and from step (2) these groups would be those with numbers 18, 17, 16, 15, 14,
13, 12.11. From step (3), and additional 166 bits would be zero padded in Group 4. Finally from
step (4) the 3 986 bits would be mapped sequentially to Groups 0, 1, 2, 3 (360 bits each), the first
part of Group 4 (194 bits), Groups 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (360 bits each), and group 19 (192 bits). Figure
25 illustrates the shortening of the BCH information part in this case, i.e. filling BCH information
bit positions not zero padded with Ksig information bits.
526 zero-padded bits 2520 zero-padded bits
0th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th
BCH
FEC
Mapping of 3986
3986 information bits 3046 zero-padded bits information bits
to BCH information part
Figure 25: Example of shortening of BCH information part
Table 28: Permutation sequence of information bit group to be padded for L1 signalling part 2
S ( j) (0 ≤ j < Ngroup)
Modulation Ngroup
and code rate S (0) S (1) S (2) S (3) S (4) S (5) S (6) S (7) S (8) S (9)
S (10) S (11) S (12) S (13) S (14) S (15) S (16) S (17) S (18) S (19)
18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 4 10
16QAM 1/2 20
9 8 7 3 2 1 6 5 19 0
8.4.3.2 BCH encoding

The Kbch information bits (including the Kbch - Ksig zero padding bits) shall first be BCH encoded according to
clause 6.1.1 to generate Nbch = Kldpc output bits (i0… iN ).
bch-1
8.4.3.3 LDPC encoding

The Nbch = Kldpc output bits (i0… iNbch-1) from the BCH encoder, including the (Kbch - Ksig) zero padding bits and the
(Kldpc - Kbch) BCH parity bits form the Kldpc information bits I = (i0, i1, …, iK -1) for the LDPC encoder. The LDPC
ldpc
encoder shall systematically encode the Kldpc information bits onto a codeword Λ of size Nldpc:
Λ = (i0, i1, …, iK , p0, p1, …, p N ) according to clause 6.1.2.

ldpc-1 ldpc- Kldpc-1
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8.4.3.4 Puncturing of LDPC parity bits

When the shortening is applied to encoding of the signalling bits, some LDPC parity bits shall be punctured after the
LDPC encoding. These punctured bits shall not be transmitted.
All Nldpc - Kldpc LDPC parity bits, denoted by {p0, p1, …, pN }, are divided into Qldpc parity groups where
ldpc- Kldpc -1
each parity group is formed from a sub-set of the Nldpc - Kldpc LDPC parity bits as follows:
Pj pk k mod Qldpc j, 0 k Nldpc Kldpc for 0 j Qldpc ,
where Pj represents the jth parity group and Qldpc is given in table 5(b). Each group has (Nldpc- Kldpc)/Qldpc = 360 bits,
as illustrated in figure 26.
(Nldpc – Kldpc) LDPC parity bits
LDPC Information Qldpc Qldpc Qldpc Qldpc
BCH Information BCHFEC ... ... ... ... ...
1st parity group 2nd parity group ...

Figure 26: Parity bit groups in an FEC block
For the number of parity bits to be punctured, Npunc given in clause 8.4.2.
Step 1) Compute the number of groups in which all parity bits shall be punctured, Npunc_groups such that:
N punc
N punc_ groups for 0 N punc N ldpc K ldpc .
360
Step 2) For Npunc_groups parity bit groups P P (0) , P P (1) , …, P P ( N punc_ groups 1) , all parity bits of the groups shall
be punctured. Here, P is a permutation operator depending on the code rate and modulation order,
described in table 29.
Step 3) For the group P P ( N punc_ groups) , N punc 360 N punc_ groups parity bits in the first part of the group shall
be additionally punctured.
Table 29: Permutation sequence of parity group to be punctured for L1 signalling part 2
Order of parity group to be punctured, { P ( j ) , 0 ≤ j < Qldpc = 25}

Modulation
and code rate P (0) P (1) P (2) P (3) P (4) P (5) P (6) P (7) P (8) P (9) P (10) P (11) P (12)
P (13) P (14) P (15) P (16) P (17) P (18) P (19) P (20) P (21) P (22) P (23) P (24) -
6 4 13 9 18 8 15 20 5 17 2 22 24
16QAM 1/2
7 12 1 16 23 14 0 21 10 19 11 3 -
8.4.3.5 Removal of zero padding bits

The (Kbch - Ksig) zero padding bits are removed and shall not be transmitted. This leaves a word consisting of the Ksig
information bits, followed by the 168 BCH parity bits and (Nldpc - Kldpc - Npunc) LDPC parity bits.
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8.4.3.6 Bit interleaving for L1 signalling part 2

When 16QAM modulation is used for the L1 signalling part 2, the LDPC codeword of length NL1part2, consisting of
Ksig information bits, 168 BCH parity bits, and (9 000 - Npunc) LDPC parity bits, shall be bit-interleaved using a block
interleaver. The configuration of the bit interleaver for the chosen 16QAM modulation is specified in table 30.
Table 30: Bit Interleaver structure
Modulation and code rate Rows Nr Columns Nc

16QAM ½ NL1part2 / 8 8
The LDPC codeword is serially written into the interleaver column-wise, and serially read out row-wise (the MSB of
the L1 signalling part 2 is read out first) as shown in figure 27.
MSB of
WRITE the L1 part2 READ
Row 1
Row (NL1part2 / 8)
Column 1 Column 8
Figure 27: Bit interleaving scheme for L1 part 2 (16QAM)
8.4.4 Mapping bits onto constellations

Each bit-interleaved LDPC codeword shall be mapped onto constellations. The L1 signalling part 2 is first
demultiplexed into cell words according to clause 8.4.4.1 and then the cell words are mapped into constellations
according to clause 8.4.4.2.
8.4.4.1 Demultiplexing of L1 signalling part 2

Each bit-interleaved LDPC codeword, a sequence of NL1part2 (= Ksig + 168 + 9 000 - Npunc) bits shall be mapped onto
constellations by first demultiplexing the input bits into parallel cell words and then mapping these cell words into
constellation values. The number of output Data Cells and the effective number of bits per cell, MOD are defined in
table 31.
The input bit-stream vdi is demultiplexed into Nsubstreams sub-streams be,do, as shown in figure 13 in clause 6.2.1. The
value of Nsubstreams is also defined in table 31. Details of demultiplexing are described in clause 6.2.1. For 16QAM, the
parameters for demultiplexing of bits to cells are the same as that of table 10(a) in clause 6.2.1.
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Table 31: Parameters for bit-mapping into constellations
Modulation mode MOD

Number of output Data Cells Number of sub-streams,
Nsubstreams
16QAM 4 NL1part2 / 4 8
For 16QAM, the output words from the demultiplexing of width Nsubstreams, [b0,do..bN ] are split into two
substreams-1,do
words of width MOD =Nsubstreams /2, [y0,2do .. y ηMOD - 1, 2do] and [y0, 2do +1..y η ], as described in
MOD - 1,2do +1
clause 6.2.1.
8.4.4.2 Mapping onto QAM constellations

The cell words of each coded L1 signalling part 2, [y0,q..y η ] are mapped into constellations fq according to
MOD -1,q
clause 6.2.2, where q is the index of the cells within each bit-interleaved LDPC codeword. For each coded L1 signalling
part 2, 0 ≤ q < NMOD_per_Block.
8.5 Time interleaving of L1 signalling part 2 data

The purpose of time interleaving of the L1-part 2 data is to make L1-part2 data transmission more robust than the
payload data, especially when time interleaving is applied to Data Slice. Time interleaving of L1-part2 data is identical
to that of Data Slice except that pilot and reserved tone positions in a preamble are completely excluded in time
interleaving process.
The Time Interleaver (TI) shall operate at L1-part2 data level before the L1 XFECFrame with L1 header is repeated to
fill a L1 block symbol bandwidth. The time interleaving and L1 block building with different interleaving parameters
are depicted in figure 28.
The L1_TI_MODE indicates the depth of L1-part2 data time interleaving and signalled in L1 header signalling.
L1_TI_MODE = "00" means no time interleaving is applied for L1-part2 data. When L1_TI_MODE = "01" (best-fit),
the time interleaving depth is the minimum number of OFDM Symbols necessary for carrying a L1 block, or
NL1part2_FEC_Block (see clause 8.4.2 for more details of segmentation of L1-part2 data). Otherwise, the time interleaving
depth is explicitly signalled and the depth is 4 OFDM Symbols when L1_TI_MODE = "10" as shown in figure 28.
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XFECFRAME 1 XFECFRAME 2 XFECFRAME 1 XFECFRAME 2 XFECFRAME 1 XFECFRAME 2

L1
XFECFRAME
Time
Interleaving
H H H
L1 Header
H H H
Insertion
H
H
H H H H H H H
Repetition H H H H H H H
H H H
7.61 MHz 7.61 MHz
H H H
7.61 MHz
No Time Interleaving ‘Best-Fit’ mode L1 TI Depth = 4

(L1_TI_MODE = “00”) (L1_TI_MODE = “01”) (L1_TI_MODE = “10”)
Figure 28: Time interleaving of L1-part2 data
All L1-part2 Data Cells after constellation mapping are grouped into one L1 TI block. As a result, there exists one L1
TI block per C2 Frame. The length of time interleaving period TP is calculated as:
TP TS N L1 _ TI _ DEPTH ,
where TS is a total OFDM Symbol duration and NL1_TI_DEPTH is the time interleaving depth determined by
L1_TI_MODE signalled in L1 header signalling.
The TI shall be a twisted row-column block interleaver like as in the Data Slice. The number of rows Nr of a TI memory
is equal to NL1_TI_DEPTH and the number of columns Nc is calculated as:
Nc N MOD_ Total N L1 _ TI _ DEPTH ,
where NMOD_Total is the total number of the L1-part2 Data Cells. Note that NL1_TI_DEPTH should be equal or larger than
minimum number of OFDM Symbols required for carrying the L1 block, NL1part2_FEC_Block. Details of required
number of bits and cells for carrying L1-part2 data is described in clause 8.4.2.
The input L1-part2 Data Cells are serially written into the TI memory in a diagonal direction, and serially read out row-
wise as shown in figure 29.
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① First cell of TI block WRITE

②
Row 0 0 ... ... 55 4 ... ... 59 8 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 95 44 ... ... 99 48 ... ... 103
52 1 ... ... 56 5 ... ... 60 9 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 96 45 ... ... 100 49 ... ...
... 53 2 ... ... 57 6 ... ... 61 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 42 ... ... 97 46 ... ... 101 50 ...
Row Nr-1 ... ... 54 3 ... ... 58 7 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 94 43 ... ... 98 47 ... ... 102 51
Column Column
0 Nc-1
First cell of TI block READ

Row 0 ① 0 ... ... 55 4 ... ... 59 8 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 95 44 ... ... 99 48 ... ... 103
② 52 1 ... ... 56 5 ... ... 60 9 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 96 45 ... ... 100 49 ... ...
... 53 2 ... ... 57 6 ... ... 61 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 42 ... ... 97 46 ... ... 101 50 ...
Row Nr-1 ... ... 54 3 ... ... 58 7 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 94 43 ... ... 98 47 ... ... 102 51
Column Column
0 Nc-1
Figure 29: Time interleaving of L1 data (NMOD_TOTAL=208, NLI_TI_DEPTH=4)
Assuming di (i = 0, …, NMOD_Total -1) as the L1-part2 Data Cells input to the time interleaver, the column index Ci, the
row index Ri and associated twisting parameter TCi to store di is calculated as:
Ci i mod N c
TCi Ci mod N r
Ri (TCi (i div N c )) mod N r .
Every cell position in the TI memory is uniquely defined by a coordinate (Ri, Ci). The L1-part2 Data Cells di are written
in positions (Ri, Ci):
for (i 0; i N MOD_ Total; i i 1) {

GENERATE ( Ri , Ci );
WRITE di to ( Ri , Ci );
}
Note that the time interleaving structure shall not be changed after frame building although neither pilot nor reserved
tone position is considered in L1-part2 data time interleaving process, which is different from the case of Data Slice.
9 Frame Builder
This clause defines the frame builder functions that always apply for a C2 System. The function of the frame builder is
to assemble the cells of the Preamble Symbols(s) as well as the cells produced for each of the Data Slices into arrays of
active OFDM Cells corresponding to the preamble structure and each of the Data Slices and OFDM Symbols which
make up the overall frame structure. The frame builder operates according to the dynamic information produced by the
scheduler (see clause 5.2.1) and the configuration of the frame structure.
9.1 C2 Frame structure

The C2 Frame structure is shown in figure 30. The C2 Frame structure comprises LP Preamble Symbols (LP ≥ 1)
followed by Ldata Data Symbols. The Preamble Symbols are divided in frequency direction into L1 block symbols of
same bandwidth (3 408 subcarriers or approximately 7,61 MHz). The Data Slices have an arbitrary bandwidth as a
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multiple of the pilot pattern specific granularity but shall not exceed the L1 block symbol bandwidth. Frequency
Notches can be inserted into the C2 signal across a C2 Frame. The insertion of frequency Notches is described in
clauses 9.3.5 and 9.4.1.3.
L1 Block, width
= 3408 subcarriers
frequency
time
L1 Block symbol 0,0 L1 Block symbol 0,1 L1 Block symbol 0,n-1
LP Preamble
OFDM Symbols
L1 Block symbol LP-1,0 L1 Block symbol LP-1,1 L1 Block symbol LP-1,n-1
Data Symbol
Data Symbol 0,0 Data Symbol 0,1 Data Symbol 0,2 Data Symbol 0,k-1
Frequency Notch
0,k-2
C2 Frame
Data Symbol
(LF OFDM Data Symbol 1,0 Data Symbol 1,1 Data Symbol 1,2 Data Symbol 1,k -1
1,k-2
Symbols)
Data Symbol
Data Symbol 2,0 Data Symbol 2,1 Data Symbol 2,2 Data Symbol 2,k-1
LData OFDM 2,k-2
Symbols
Data Symbol Data Symbol Data Symbol Data Symbol Data Symbol
LData-1,0 LData-1,1 LData-1,2 LData-1,k-2 LData-1,k-1
Data Slice 0 Data Slice 1 Data Slice 2 Data Slice k-2 Data Slice k-1
Figure 30: The C2 Frame structure: the C2 Frame starts with at least
one Preamble Symbol (LP) followed by Ldata Data Symbols
The special properties of the Preamble Symbols are explained in clause 9.3. The L1 block symbols of the Preamble
Symbol(s) allow reliable time and frequency synchronization and also carry the L1 signalling data part 2. The L1
signalling part 2 data to be carried is described in clause 8.3, its modulation, error correction and coding and the
mapping of this data onto the L1 block symbols is described in clause 8.4.
9.1.1 Duration of the C2 Frame

The beginning of the first Preamble Symbol marks the beginning of the C2 Frame. The data part of the C2 Frame
consists of Ldata= 448 symbols (approx. 203,8 ms for GI = 1/64 or 202,2 ms for GI = 1/128, TU = 448 µs).
The number of Preamble Symbols LP can be derived from the length information at the beginning of each L1 signalling
part 2 block.
The C2 Frame duration is therefore given by:
TF = (LP+Ldata) × Ts,
where Ts is the total OFDM Symbol duration.
9.2 Pilot Reference Sequence

9.2.1 Data Scrambling Sequence
The reference sequence described below is used to scramble the preamble data and is used to generate the pilot's
modulation.
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Initialization
sequence 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 PRBS
Sequence,w
1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit
delay delay delay delay delay delay delay delay delay delay delay
Figure 31: Generation of PRBS sequence
The PRBS sequence, wi is generated according to figure 31, where wi is the i-th output value of the PRBS generator.
Its polynomial for the PRBS generator shall be:
X 11 X2 1
The shift register is initialized with all '1's so that the sequence begins with w0 , w1 , w2 ... 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0...
9.2.2 Pilot Scrambling Sequence

The pilots shall carry a unique synchronization sequence wkP , where k is the absolute OFDM carrier index.
The sequence is defined as:
wkP wk wi ' with i k mod KL1 / DP
Where: k is the OFDM carrier index, wi ' is the i-th output of the PRBS generator defined below, wk is the k-th output
of the reference sequence defined in clause 9.2.1 and DP 6 is the separation of the preamble pilots. Please note that i
is always an integer value, as the reference sequence is only defined for pilot positions (i.e. k mod DP= 0).
Initialization
sequence 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 PRBS
Sequence,wP,i
1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit 1-bit
delay delay delay delay delay delay delay delay delay delay
Figure 32: Definition of pilot modulation
The corresponding sequence wi ' is generated by the PRBS defined in figure 32. Its polynomial shall be:
X 10 X3 1
The register is initialized to all '1's and the sequence begins w0 ' , w1 ' , w2 '... 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0...
9.2.3 Pilot Reference Sequence

The preamble pilots shall be differentially BPSK modulated against each other. Therefore, the pilot reference sequence
is generated by differential modulation of the pilot scrambling sequence, which is achieved by an XOR operation.
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The pilot reference sequence for each OFDM pilot at position k is therefore given by:
wkP if k mod K L1 0
rk P
rk 6 w
k otherwise
where rk only has to be defined if k is multiple of 6.
9.3 Preamble Symbol

9.3.1 Preamble Symbol overview
At the beginning of every frame a Preamble Symbol shall be sent. The Preamble Symbol is constructed with LP
OFDM Symbols, while the Preamble Symbol shares the same OFDM parameters as the normal Data Symbols. In the
frequency domain, the preamble is subdivided into L1 Signalling Blocks. Each L1 Signalling Block contains all
Layer 1-part 2 information as defined in clause 8.
The definition of the OFDM Cell cmP,l , k is calculated generically for k 0,..., . However, this definition is for
simplicity only and only the OFDM carriers Kmin k Kmax have to be calculated and are transmitted, where Kmin is
the lowest frequency used by the C2 Signal and Kmax is the highest frequency used by the C2 Signal. This structure is
also depicted in figure 33. The carriers outside the actual signal bandwidth are referred to as virtual signalling data.
Their purpose is the clarification of the cyclic frequency structure of the signalling data.
Signalling
Block Signal Bandwidth
Symbol lP k=3408 ...
0
...
1
... ...
... ...
LP-1
...
0 MHz Frequency / carriers k Kmin Kmax
Transmitted Virtual Signalling

Signalling Data Diata
Figure 33: Preamble symbol structure in the frequency domain
9.3.2 Frequency Interleaving

The purpose of the preamble frequency interleaver is the separation of neighbouring data cells and to avoid error bursts
caused by narrow band interferers or frequency selectivity. Therefore, the same frequency interleaver address
generation circuit as for the Data Slices shall be used (see clause 9.4.5), which works on the N L1= 2 840 data cells of
each L1 Block.
The interleaved vector AlPP (alPP ,0 , alPP ,1 ,...alPP , N P 1 ) is defined by:
alPP , q xlP , H 0 ( q ) for even symbols in the preamble ( lP mod 2 0 ) for q 0,1,..., N L1 1
alPP ,q xlP , H1 ( q ) for odd symbols in the preamble ( l P mod 2 1 ) for q 0,1,..., N L1 1
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with NL1 = 2 840.
Note: The frequency interleaver address generation for the following data symbols shall be reset at the end of the
preamble symbols.
9.3.3 Pilot insertion

The pilots of each Signalling Block are uniquely defined and allow for the time and frequency synchronization to the
preamble. Unlike the normal pilots, the pilots within the preamble are transmitted at the same power lever as the data,
i.e. they are not boosted. The pilots are differentially BPSK modulated against each other, giving a receiver the
possibility to synchronize on this differentially encoded reference information.
3
Carrier 1 1 4
0 6
Index 2 8 0
2
...
First L1 Signalling Block
(KL1=3408 cells)
Pilot L1 Signalling Data
Figure 34: L1 Block signalling
9.3.3.1 Locations of the preamble pilots

A given OFDM carrier k of the Preamble Symbol is a pilot if the following equation is fulfilled:
k mod DP 0
Where: k is the OFDM carrier index and DP 6 is the separation of the preamble pilots.
9.3.3.2 Amplitude and modulation of the preamble pilots

The pilots shall be modulated as:
Re cmP,l p ,k APP 2 1/ 2 rk
Im cmP,l p ,k 0
Where App is the amplitude of the preamble pilots, rk is the pilot reference sequence as defined in clause 9.2.3, m is the
C2 Frame, l p is the Preamble Symbol number and k is the absolute carrier index.
The amplitude of preamble pilots (App) is fixed to App=6/5 in case of 1/128 Guard Interval and fixed to App=4/3 in case
of 1/64 Guard Interval.
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9.3.4 Mapping and scrambling of the signalling data

The OFDM Cells that are not occupied by pilots shall carry signalling data. As the signalling data is cyclic in the
frequency domain, it shall be scrambled. The content of each data preamble OFDM Cell k is defined as:
wk
Re cmP,l P , k Re alPP , q 1
wk
with q k mod K L1 k mod K L1 / 6
Im cmP,l P , k Im alPP , q 1
Where alPP ,q is the output of the frequency interleaver of OFDM Symbol lP at index q , wk is the k-th output of the
reference sequence defined in clause 9.2.1 and K L1 3 408 is the number of OFDM carriers per L1 Signalling Block.
Since Data Slices are typically not aligned to L1 signalling blocks the receiver tuning window typically contains parts
of different L1 signalling blocks. The re-ordering of the included sub-carriers to retrieve the L1 block in the frequency
domain (i.e. after FFT on receiver side) is shown in figure 35.
Tuning
Frequency ft
D D D
L1 Block L1 Block L1 Block D D D
m-1 #m #m+1
Tuning window
Reordered
L1 Block
Figure 35: Retrieving a complete L1 block out of two partial L1 blocks
Depending on the receiver tuning frequency ft, (given as actual tuning position as OFDM subcarrier mod K L1) the
reordered L1 Block (including pilots) is described as follows (3 584 subcarrier receiver example):
ft mod KL1 < 1 704: L1_subcariers = [L1m(ft … (ft +1704)) , L1m-1((ft + KL1 - 1703) … KL1)]
ft mod KL1 ≥ 1 704: L1_subcariers = [L1m((ft -1 703) … KL1) , L1m+1(1 … (ft - KL1 + 1 704))]
With m as the index of the L1 block.
9.3.5 Notches within Preamble Symbols

Equivalent to Data Slices Preamble Symbols may contain Notches. The cells within preamble Notches shall not carry
any transmit power. Preamble Notches always coincide with Data Slice Notches, i.e. the same OFDM sub-carriers are
omitted. Notches can be applied to Preamble Symbols in 2 different ways.
9.3.5.1 Narrowband Notches

Narrowband Notches have a bandwidth below 48 OFDM subcarriers. The Data Slices bandwidth is a multiple of the
guard interval granularity (i.e. 11, 23, 35, 47 subcarriers for GI = 1/64 or 23, 47 subcarriers for GI = 1/128).
The lack of L1 signalling in narrowband Notches is compensated by the preamble FEC. Only one narrowband Notch
shall be allowed at any tuning position of 3408 OFDM subcarriers (i.e. 7,61 MHz for the 8 MHz mode and 5,71 MHz
for the 6 MHz mode) bandwidth.
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9.3.5.2 Broadband Notches

Broadband Notches have a bandwidth higher than 47 subcarriers. For Data Slice decoding the receiver tuner shall not
tune to a region with a broadband Notch since a reliable L1 decoding cannot be guaranteed (missing L1 blocks cannot
be recovered by the preamble FEC in every case).
Broadband Notches shall not be inserted in the C2 System unless at least one neighboured continuous L1 signalling
block region above 3 408 subcarriers is available. During initial acquisition to a C2 System this allows the receiver to
recognize the broadband Notch and to retune to a frequency range with consistent L1 signalling data.
Broadband Notches shall always be located between different Data Slices.
In case the set of subcarriers of C2 system neighboured to a broadband notch is below 3 408 subcarriers (i.e. L1 blocks
can't be decoded in a reliable way), all Data Slices within this set of subcarriers shall use the Data Slice Type 2 and be
configured to 'fixed' (i.e. DSLICE_CONST_CONF flag in L1 part 2 signalling is set to 1).
In any case the minimum set of subcarriers of a C2 System neighboured to a broadband notch is 841 subcarriers,
ensuring that at least 5 continual pilots are available in the related frequency band for proper signal processing in
receivers.
9.4 Data Slice generation

Data Slices can be treated as separate channels and no interleaving is performed between different ones. Each Data
Slice is identified by a start OFDM carrier K DS , min and an end OFDM carrier K DS , max , whereby KDS, min Kmin and
K DS, max Kmax . Data Slices shall only start and end at scattered pilots positions and end next to a scattered pilot
position. Additionally, Data Slices shall not overlap each other.
9.4.1 Location of Data Slices
9.4.1.1 Start and end OFDM carrier of Data Slices

The start and the end frequency of the Data Slices is signalled in the Layer 1 Signalling by means of the
START_FREQUENCY, the DSLICE_TUNE_POS, the DSLICE_OFFSET_LEFT and DSLICE_OFFSET_RIGHT
values. While the START_FREQUENCY and the DSLICE_TUNE_POS are quasi static between different C2 Frames,
the other two values may change every frame, depending on the chosen mode. As the Data Slices shall only start at
scattered pilots positions and end next to them, the signalling depends on the value DX (which depends on the Guard
Interval size). Furthermore, the value of START_FREQUENCY shall be a multiple of DX as well.
Thus, the start frequency and end carrier of a Data Slice shall be:
K DS,min DSLICE _ TUNING _ POS DSLICE _ OFFSET _ LEFT DX START _ FREQUENCY
K DS,max DSLICE _ TUNING _ POS DSLICE _ OFFSET _ RIGHT DX START _ FREQUENCY 1
9.4.1.2 Maximum width of Data Slices

The width of each Data Slice shall not exceed 3 408 OFDM carriers (7,61 MHz for TU 448 µs ), i.e.:
K DS,max K DS,min 3408
If the width of a Data Slice exceeds 3 408 OFDM carriers, the receiver shall ignore the Data Slice, i.e. treat it as not
present.
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9.4.1.3 Minimum width of Data Slices

The Layer 1 signalling may indicate Data Slices without any payload capacity. Such Data Slices may be used if no
payload data has to be transmitted. These Data Slices shall be signalled by:
DSLICE_ OFFSET_ LEFT DSLICE_ OFFSET_ RIGHT

No Data Slices with negative width shall be signalled. If Data Slices with negative width are received, these Data Slices
shall be ignored by the receiver.
If DSLICE_TYPE is '0' and the Data Slice has a width > 0, the Data Slice shall be able to transmit at least one complete
Data Slice Packet.
9.4.1.4 Notches within Data Slices

Data Slices may contain Notches. The cells within these Notches shall not carry any transmit power. The start and the
end carrier of each Notch are indicated within the corresponding Layer 1 signalling. Notches always start and end next
to scattered pilot positions.
The start carrier and end carrier of each Notch shall be defined as:
K N ,min NOTCH _ START DX START _ FREQUENCY 1
K N ,max NOTCH _ START NOTCH _ WIDTH DX START _ FREQUENCY 1
where DX is the guard interval dependent pilots repartition. Notches having a NOTCH_WIDTH of 0 shall be ignored
by the receiver.
9.4.2 Number of payload cells in Data Slice

The number of payload cells per Data Slice per OFDM Symbol N DS equals KDS,max KDS, min 1 minus the number
of continual pilots, scattered pilots, reserved tones and cells that are located in Notches.
Please note that the number of payload cells in a Data Slice may vary between different OFDM Symbols in one C2
Frame.
9.4.3 Mapping of the Data Slice Packets

The Data Slice Packets shall be mapped onto the NDS Data Cells per OFDM Symbol. Data Cells within a Data Slice are
cells, which are not pilots, reserved tones or Notches. The Data Slice Packet data g 0 ,... g N X 1. shall be mapped onto
the Data Cells am , l , k of the OFDM Symbol in an increasing value of the carrier index k within the range:
K DS ,min k K DS ,max .
If the data of one Data Slice Packet exceeds the length of a C2 Frame, the data shall cross seamlessly into the next C2
Frame. If a Data Slice was not present in the previous C2 Frame (a Data Slice of width 0 was present), the Data Slice
Packet data shall be mapped to the first available Data Cell of the Data Slice.
For DSLICE_TYPE='0' the start of the first complete Data Slice Packet shall be signalled within the PLP_START value
of the Layer 1 signalling. If the Data Slice has zero width, the PLP_START shall be set to zero.
If no payload data is to be transmitted for DATA_SLICE_TYPE '1', dummy Data Slice Packets shall be transmitted
instead (see clause 7.2).
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9.4.4 Time Interleaving

The time interleaver (TI) shall operate at Data Slice level. The parameters of time interleaving may be different for
different Data Slices within a C2 System, while it is the same for all PLPs within a Data Slice. The exact number and
positions of all pilots and reserved tones within each Data Slice shall be known to the TI prior to frame building.
The Data Cells from a Data Slice builder for each Data Slice shall be grouped into TI blocks. The start and/or end of
Data Slice Packets of each PLP constituting the Data Slice may not be aligned with those of TI blocks. Each TI block
within the Data Slice shall contain NDSLICE_TI_DATA_CELL payload Data Cells carried by NDSLICE_TI_DEPTH Data
Symbols. NDSLICE_TI_DEPTH is known from DSLICE_TI_DEPTH signalled in L1 signalling part2 (see clause 8.3).
NDSLICE_TI_DATA_CELL is calculated as:
l
N DSLICE_ TI _ DATA_ CELL N DS
l TI block
l
where N DS is the number of payload cells of l-th Data Symbol of the TI block, which is described in clause 9.4.2 in
more detail. Every TI block of the Data Slice shall have the same number of payload cells.
The length of time interleaving period TP is defined as:
TP TS N DSLICE _ TI _ DEPTH ,
where TS is a total OFDM Symbol duration.
Simple and typical TI memory space (one per Data Slice) is identical to the space of NDSLICE_TI_DEPTH Data Symbols
within the Data Slice. In other words, the TI memory space includes the positions of all pilot and reserved tone cells as
well as NDSLICE_TI_DATA_CELL Data Cells. The pilot and reserved tone cell positions within TI memory may be filled
with dummy zeros. Notch bands in the Data Slice may be discarded from the TI memory.
The TI shall store in the TI memories the Data Cells from the output of Data Slice builder. As the number and position
of all pilots and reserved tones are previously known to the TI, the Data Cells should not be stored in pilot or reserved
tone positions. Reserved pilot and reserved tone positions in the TI memory guarantees the time interleaving structure
of Data Cells (shown in figure 37) are unchanged after frame building.
Typically, the time interleaver will also act as a buffer for Data Slice cells prior to the process of frame building. This
can be achieved by means of two memory banks for each Data Slice. The first TI block is written to the first bank. The
second TI block is written to the second bank whilst the first bank is being read from and so on, see figure 36.
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Data Slice 1
Memory
Data Slice 2
Memory
WRITE
Data Slice k
Memory
Memory Bank A
Data Slice 1
Memory
Data Slice 2
Memory
READ
Data Slice k
Memory
Memory Bank B
Figure 36: Example of operation of time interleaver memory banks
The TI shall be a twisted row-column block interleaver: the number of rows Nr in the interleaver is equal to the time
interleaving depth NDSLICE_TI_DEPTH and the number of columns Nc to Data Slice width NDSLICE_WIDTH. The Data
Slice width is identified by:
N DSLICE_ W IDTH K DS,max K DS,min ,
where KDS,max and KDS,min is the start and end OFDM Cell index of the Data Slice respectively. More details of Data
Slice configuration is described in clause 9.4.1.1. The input cells are serially written into the interleaver memory in a
diagonal direction, and serially read out row-wise as shown in figure 37.
Assuming the index i ranging from 0 to (NDSLICE_TI_CELL-1), where NDSLICE_TI_CELL is the total number of cells within
NDSLICE_TI_DEPTH Data Symbols of the Data Slice and calculated as:
N DSLICE_ TI _ CELL N DSLICE_ TI _ DEPTH N DSLICE_ W IDTH.
The column index Ci, the row index Ri and associated twisting parameter TCi is calculated as:
Ci i mod N c
TCi Ci mod N r
Ri (TCi (i div N c )) mod N r .
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Then, every cell positions in the TI memory is uniquely defined by a coordinate (Ri, Ci). The input Data Cells dk
(k = 0, … , NDSLICE_TI_DATA_CELL-1) are written in positions (Ri, Ci) (i = 0, … , NDSLICE_TI_CELL-1) within the TI
memory only if the positions are assigned for payload Data Cells:
k 0;
for (i 0; i N DSLICE _ TI _ CELL ; i i 1) {
GENERATE ( Ri , Ci );
if ( Ri , Ci ) data cell position {
WRITE d k to ( Ri , Ci );
k k 1;
}
}
Note that the TI outputs only Data Cells from the TI memory excluding dummy pilot cells and reserved tones. As a
result, the input and output Data Cell rates are unchanged after time interleaving.
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First cell of TI block WRITE SP CP

①
Row 0 ② … … … … 144 98 53 7 … … … … 152 106 60 15 … … … … 160 114 68 … … … … 167 121 75 30 … … … … 174 129 83 38 … … … … 182 137 91
46 0 … … … … 145 99 54 8 … … … 153 107 61 16 … … … … 161 115 23 … … … … 168 122 76 31 … … … … 175 130 84 39 … … … … 183 138
92 47 1 … … … … 146 100 55 9 … … … … 154 108 62 17 … … … … 162 69 24 … … … … 169 123 77 32 … … … … 176 131 85 40 … … … … 184
139 93 48 2 … … … … 147 101 56 10 … … … … 155 109 63 18 … … … … 116 70 25 … … … … 170 124 78 33 … … … 177 132 86 41 … … … …
140 94 49 3 … … … … 148 102 57 11 … … … … 156 110 64 19 … … … 163 117 71 26 … … … … 171 125 79 34 … … … … 178 133 87 42 … … …
… … 141 95 50 4 … … … … 149 103 12 … … … … 157 111 65 20 … … … 164 118 72 27 … … … … 172 126 80 35 … … … … 179 134 88 43 … …
… … … 142 96 51 5 … … … … 150 104 58 13 … … … … 158 112 66 21 … … … 165 119 73 28 … … … … 173 127 81 36 … … … … 180 135 89 44 …
Row Nr-1 … … … … 143 97 52 6 … … … … 151 105 59 14 … … … … 159 113 67 22 … … … 166 120 74 29 … … … … 128 82 37 … … … … 181 136 90 45
Column Column
0 Nc-1
First cell of TI block READ SP CP
Row 0 ① … … … … 144 98 53 7 … … … … 152 106 60 15 … … … … 160 114 68 … … … … 167 121 75 30 … … … … 174 129 83 38 … … … … 182 137 91
② 46 0 … … … … 145 99 54 8 … … … 153 107 61 16 … … … … 161 115 23 … … … … 168 122 76 31 … … … … 175 130 84 39 … … … … 183 138
92 47 1 … … … … 146 100 55 9 … … … … 154 108 62 17 … … … … 162 69 24 … … … … 169 123 77 32 … … … … 176 131 85 40 … … … … 184
139 93 48 2 … … … … 147 101 56 10 … … … … 155 109 63 18 … … … … 116 70 25 … … … … 170 124 78 33 … … … 177 132 86 41 … … … …
140 94 49 3 … … … … 148 102 57 11 … … … … 156 110 64 19 … … … 163 117 71 26 … … … … 171 125 79 34 … … … … 178 133 87 42 … … …
… … 141 95 50 4 … … … … 149 103 12 … … … … 157 111 65 20 … … … 164 118 72 27 … … … … 172 126 80 35 … … … … 179 134 88 43 … …
… … … 142 96 51 5 … … … … 150 104 58 13 … … … … 158 112 66 21 … … … 165 119 73 28 … … … … 173 127 81 36 … … … … 180 135 89 44 …
Row Nr-1 … … … … 143 97 52 6 … … … … 151 105 59 14 … … … … 159 113 67 22 … … … 166 120 74 29 … … … … 128 82 37 … … … … 181 136 90 45
Column Column
0 Nc-1
Figure 37: Time interleaver (Dx=12, GI=1/64, Nr=8, Nc=48, DSLICE_WIDTH=4)
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9.4.5 Frequency Interleaving

The frequency interleaver operates on the Data Cells of one OFDM data symbol that comprise the slice of cells
allocated to a given Data Slice. Its purpose is to map the Data Cells of this slice from the frame builder onto the Ndata
data carriers allocated for the given Data Slice in each OFDM Symbol.
For Data Slice n, the frequency interleaver shall process the Data Cells Xdm,l = (xm,ld,0 , xm,ld,1 , …, xm,ld, N ) of the
data(n)-1
OFDM data symbol ld of C2 Frame m from the frame builder.
The parameter Mmax is defined as 4 096, i.e. the smallest power of 2 higher than the maximum Data Slice width of
3 408 OFDM Cells.
For Data Slice n with Ndata(n) data carriers in OFDM symbol ld of Mmax sub-carriers the interleaved vector
Am,l = (am,ld,0, am,ld,1, am,ld,2...am,ld,N (n)-1) is defined by:
data
am,ld,q = xm,ld, H0(q) for even data symbols of the frame (ld mod 2 = 0) for q= 0,...,Ndata(n)-1
a m,ld,q = x m,ld,H1(q) for odd data symbols of the frame (ld mod 2 = 1) for q = 0,...,Ndata(n)-1
H0(q) and H1(q) are permutation function based on the sequence R'i defined by the following.
An (Nr - 1) bit binary word R'i is defined, with Nr = log2 Mmax, where R'i takes the following values:
i = 0,1: R'i [Nr-2, Nr-3,...,1,0]= 0,0,...,0,0
i = 2: R'i [Nr-2, Nr-3,...,1,0] = 0,0,...,0,1
2 < i < Mmax: { R'i [Nr-3, Nr-4,...,1,0] = R'i-1 [Nr-2, Nr-3,...,2,1];
where: Nr = 12 and R'i [10] = R'i-1 [0] R'i-1[2] .
A vector Ri is derived from the vector R'i by the bit permutations given in table 32.
Table 32: Bit permutations for the 4K mode
R'i bit positions 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Ri bit positions (H0) 7 10 5 8 1 2 4 9 0 3 6
Ri bit positions (H1) 6 2 7 10 8 0 3 4 1 9 5
Each permutation function H(q) is defined by the following algorithm:
q = 0;
for (i = 0; i < Mmax; i = i + 1)
Nr 2
Nr 1
{ H (q) (i mod 2).2 Ri ( j ).2 j ;
j 0
if (H(q)<Ndata(n) ) q = q+1; }
A schematic block diagram of the algorithm used to generate the permutation function is represented in figure 38.
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XOR
T 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 R’
Ctrl
Unit Wires Permutation R
11
12
skip Addr
Check
H(q)
Figure 38: Frequency interleaver address generation scheme for the 4K mode OFDM
The output of the frequency interleaver for Data Slice n is the interleaved vector of Data Cells Adm,ld = (am,ld,0, am,ld,1,
am,ld,2,...am,ld,N (n) -1) that is then allocated to Data Cells vm,ld,i of symbol ld of C2 Frame m according to:
data
vm,ld,B(n)+i = am,ld,i
where B(n) is the location of the first Data Cell of data symbol ld allocated to slice n and i = 0,1,2, . . . . Ndata(n)-1.
9.5 Stuffing Data Slices

Within an OFDM signal Stuffing Data Slices may be transmitted. The Stuffing Data Slices shall not be signalled within
the L1 signalling. Pilots and dummy carriers shall be transmitted at the same positions as in normal Data Slices.
The modulation of the cells not mapped to pilots or reserved tones shall carry a mean power value of 1. The transmitter
shall ensure a random-like distribution of the modulation values.
9.6 Pilot Insertion

9.6.1 Introduction
Various cells within the OFDM frame are modulated with reference information whose transmitted value is known to
the receiver. Cells containing reference information are transmitted at "boosted" power level. These cells are termed
scattered, continual and edge pilots. The locations and amplitudes of these pilots are defined in clauses 9.6.2 to 9.6.4.
The value of the pilot information is derived from a reference sequence, rk which is a series of values, one for each
transmitted carrier on any given symbol. The reference sequence is defined in clause 9.2.3.
The pilots can be used for frame synchronization, frequency synchronization, time synchronization, channel estimation
and can also be used to follow the phase noise.
Table 33 gives an overview of the different types of pilot and the symbols in which they appear. This clause only
describes pilots inserted to Data Symbols i.e. scattered, continual and edge pilots. Preamble pilots are described in
clause 9.3.3.
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Table 33: Presence of the various types of pilots in each type of symbol (X=present)
Symbol PILOT TYPE

Scattered Continual Edge Preamble
Preamble X
Data X X X
The following clauses specify values for cm,l,k, for certain values of m, l and k, where m and l are the C2 Frame and
symbol number as previously defined, and k is the OFDM carrier index (see clause 3.2).
9.6.2 Scattered pilot insertion

Reference information, taken from the reference sequence, is transmitted in scattered pilot cells in every symbol except
Preamble Symbol(s) of the C2 Frame. The locations of the scattered pilots are defined in clause 9.6.2.1, their amplitudes
are defined in clause 9.6.2.2 and their modulation is defined in clause 9.6.2.3.
9.6.2.1 Locations of the scattered pilots

The locations of scattered pilots depend only upon the symbol index l, carrier index k and the GI fraction. A given
carrier k of the OFDM signal on a given data symbol ld will be a scattered pilot if the appropriate equation below is
satisfied:
k mod( DX DY ) DX (ld mod DY )
where: DX, DY are defined in table 34.

k: 0 RF origin carrier index.
ld: Data Symbol index.
Table 34: Parameters defining the scattered pilot patterns
Separation of pilot bearing Number of symbols forming one scattered

GI Fraction carriers (DX) pilot sequence (DY)
1/64 12 4
1/128 24 4
The scattered pilot patterns are illustrated in annex H.
9.6.2.2 Amplitudes of the scattered pilots

The amplitudes of the scattered pilots, ASP, are fixed as 7/3. This amplitude is commonly used for continual pilots and
edge pilots as well.
9.6.2.3 Modulation of the scattered pilots

The phases of the scattered pilots are derived from the reference sequence given in clause 9.3.
The modulation value of the scattered pilots is given by:
Re{cm,ld,k} = ASP 2(1/2 -rk)
Im{ cm,ld,k } = 0.
where ASP is as defined in clause 9.6.2.2, rk is defined in clause 9.3, m is the C2 Frame index, k is the frequency index
of the carriers.
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9.6.3 Continual pilot insertion

In addition to the scattered pilots described above, a number of continual pilots are inserted in every symbol of the
frame except for Preamble Symbol(s). The number and location of continual pilots are the same for all GI fractions
(i.e. for scattered pilot patterns).
9.6.3.1 Locations of the continual pilots

The continual pilot locations are defined within a block of KL1 = 3 408 carriers and this pattern is repeated to support
the entire range of possible carriers. The KL1 carrier index block is aligned with the L1 signalling block, whose length is
also KL1.
The continual pilot locations within the KL1 carrier index block are defined in table 35. A given carrier index k of the
OFDM signal will be a continual pilot if k mod KL1 is matched with one of the numbers in table 34.
Table 35: Continual Pilot Carrier Indices
Indices
96 216 306 390 450 486 780 804
924 1 026 1 224 1 422 1 554 1 620 1 680 1 902
1 956 2 016 2 142 2 220 2 310 2 424 2 466 2 736
3 048 3 126 3 156 3 228 3 294 3 366
9.6.3.2 Amplitudes of the Continual Pilots

The amplitudes of the continual pilots, ACP, are fixed as 7/3. This amplitude is commonly used for scattered pilots and
edge pilots as well.
9.6.3.3 Modulation of the Continual Pilots

The phases of the continual pilots are derived from the reference sequence given in clause 9.3.
The modulation value for the continual pilots is given by:
Re{cm,ld,k} = 2 ACP (1/2 -rk) TBC
Im{ cm,ld,k } = 0. TBC
where rk is defined in clause 9.3.
9.6.4 Edge pilot insertion

In addition to the scattered and continual pilots, a number of edge pilots are also inserted at the 'edge' carrier locations in
every symbol except Preamble Symbol(s). The number of edge pilots depends upon the number of spectrum Notches
within an OFDM signal.
9.6.4.1 Locations of the edge pilots

There are two kinds of edge carrier; those carriers at the upper and lower extremes of the OFDM spectrum and those
carriers either side of a spectrum Notch. The edge pilots are inserted in both cases.
The lowest frequency edge pilot of the OFDM spectrum is inserted by replacing potential data and scattered pilot
carriers. On the other hand the highest frequency edge pilot of the OFDM spectrum is inserted as an extra carrier to the
data carriers. This ensures that the edge pilots are on the scattered pilot bearing carriers. These pilot locations are shown
in figure 39.
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Carrier Index
Symbol k mod Dx
Index l 0 6 6 0
-
Preamble
Symbols
-
0
1
Data 2
3
Symbols
4
Preamble pilot L1 / Data Continual pilots are not indicated

Edge pilot
Figure 39: OFDM spectrum edge pilot locations
Edge pilots are also placed either side of spectrum Notches. The edge pilot for the lower frequency edge of a Notch is
inserted at carrier index KN,min - 1, whereas the edge pilot for the higher frequency edge of a Notch is inserted at carrier
index KN,max + 1. Where KN,min and KN,max are the start and end carrier indices for a spectrum Notch, details are
defined in clause 9.4.1.3. These edge pilots will lie on scattered pilot bearing subcarriers. These pilot locations are
shown in figure 40.
Carrier Index
Symbol k mod Dx
Index l 6 0 0 6
-
Preamble
Symbols
-
0
1
Data 2
3
Symbols
4
Carrier Index KN,min KN,max

Preamble pilot L1 / Data
Edge pilot Spectrum notch Continual pilots are not indicated
Figure 40: Spectrum Notch edge pilot locations
NOTE: The edge pilot locations are always be at integer multiples of Dx. They are scattered pilot bearing carriers.
9.6.4.2 Amplitudes of the Edge Pilots

The amplitude of the edge pilots and the scattered pilots is 7/3.
9.6.4.3 Modulation of the Edge Pilots

The modulation of these cells is exactly the same as for the scattered pilots, as defined in clause 9.6.2.3:
Re{cm,l,k} = 2 ASP (1/2 -rk)
Im{ cm,l,k } = 0.
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9.7 Dummy carrier reservation

Some OFDM Cells can be reserved for varying purposes, e.g. PAPR reduction. The amplitudes of these cells can be
defined freely, while their power level shall not exceed the power level of pilots within the data OFDM Symbols.
In the Data Symbols excluding Preamble Symbols, the set of carriers corresponding to carrier indices defined in
table 36 or their circularly shifted set of carriers shall be reserved depending on the OFDM Symbol index of the Data
Symbol, when the reserved tones are activated by a relevant L1 signalling part 2, 'RESERVED_TONES'. The amount
of shift between two consecutive OFDM Symbols shall be determined by the separation of pilot bearing carriers, DX
and the number of symbols forming one scattered pilot sequence, DY (see table 34 in clause 9.6.2.1). Furthermore, the
reserved carrier patterns are repeated at every interval of 8 blocks of KL1=3 408 carriers. Thus, in the Data Symbol
corresponding to Data Symbol index ld of a C2 Frame, the OFDM Cell is a reserved tone if:
k mod 8 K L1 DX ld mod DY S0 0 ld LData TBC

where k is the absolute carrier index, Ldata denotes the number of Data Symbols in a C2 Frame, and S0 is the set of
carrier indices listen in table 36.
Positions of reserved carriers within Notches shall be excluded from the set of reserved carriers.
Table 36: Reserved carrier indices S0
Reserved Carrier Indices S0

161, 243, 296, 405, 493, 584, 697, 741, 821, 934, 1021, 1160, 1215, 1312, 1417, 1462, 1591, 1693, 1729, 1845, 1910,
1982, 2127, 2170, 2339, 2365, 2499, 2529, 2639, 2745, 2864, 2950, 2992, 3119, 3235, 3255,
3559, 3620, 3754, 3835, 3943, 3975, 4061, 4210, 4270, 4371, 4417, 4502, 4640, 4677, 4822, 4904, 5026, 5113, 5173,
5271, 5317, 5426, 5492, 5583, 5740, 5757, 5839, 5935, 6033, 6146, 6212, 6369, 6454, 6557, 6597, 6711,
6983, 7047, 7173, 7202, 7310, 7421, 7451, 7579, 7666, 7785, 7831, 7981, 8060, 8128, 8251, 8326, 8369, 8445, 8569,
8638, 8761, 8873, 8923, 9017, 9104, 9239, 9283, 9368, 9500, 9586, 9683, 9782, 9794, 9908, 9989, 10123,
10327, 10442, 10535, 10658, 10739, 10803, 10925, 11006, 11060, 11198, 11225, 11326, 11474, 11554, 11663, 11723,
11810, 11902, 11987, 12027, 12117, 12261, 12320, 12419, 12532, 12646, 12676, 12808, 12915, 12941, 13067, 13113,
13246, 13360, 13426, 13520,
13811, 13862, 13936, 14073, 14102, 14206, 14305, 14408, 14527, 14555, 14650, 14755, 14816, 14951, 15031, 15107,
15226, 15326, 15392, 15484, 15553, 15623, 15734, 15872, 15943, 16043, 16087, 16201, 16299, 16355, 16444, 16514,
16635, 16723, 16802, 16912,
17150, 17285, 17387, 17488, 17533, 17603, 17708, 17793, 17932, 18026, 18081, 18159, 18285, 18356, 18395, 18532,
18644, 18697, 18761, 18874, 18937, 19107, 19119, 19251, 19379, 19414, 19522, 19619, 19691, 19748, 19875, 19935,
20065, 20109, 20261, 20315,
20559, 20703, 20737, 20876, 20950, 21069, 21106, 21231, 21323, 21379, 21494, 21611, 21680, 21796, 21805, 21958,
22027, 22091, 22167, 22324, 22347, 22459, 22551, 22691, 22761, 22822, 22951, 22981, 23089, 23216, 23290, 23402,
23453, 23529, 23668, 23743,
24019, 24057, 24214, 24249, 24335, 24445, 24554, 24619, 24704, 24761, 24847, 24947, 25089, 25205, 25274, 25352,
25474, 25537, 25612, 25711, 25748, 25874, 25984, 26078, 26155, 26237, 26324, 26378, 26545, 26623, 26720, 26774,
26855, 26953, 27021, 27123
10 OFDM generation
The function of the OFDM generation module is to take the cells produced by the frame builder, as frequency domain
coefficients and to transform them into the time domain.
10.1 IFFT - OFDM Modulation

This clause specifies the OFDM structure to use for each transmission mode. The transmitted signal is organized in
frames. Each frame has duration of TF, and consists of LF OFDM Symbols. Each symbol is constituted by a set of
Ktotal carriers transmitted with a duration TS. It is composed of two parts: a useful part with duration TU and a guard
interval with duration . The guard interval consists of a cyclic continuation of the useful part, TU, and is inserted
before it. The allowed combinations of FFT size and guard interval are defined in table 38.
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The symbols in a C2 Frame are numbered from 0 to LF-1. All symbols contain data and reference information.
Since the OFDM signal comprises many separately modulated carriers, each symbol can in turn be considered to be
divided into cells, each corresponding to the modulation carried on one carrier during one symbol.
The carriers are indexed by k [Kmin; Kmax] and determined by Kmin and Kmax. The spacing between adjacent carriers
is 1/TU while the spacing between carriers Kmin and Kmax are determined by Ktotal/TU.
The emitted signal is described by the following expression:
1 LF 1 K max
s(t ) Re cm,l ,k m ,l , k (t )
m 0 K total l 0 k K min
Where:
j2 k (t l Ts mTF )
e TU
mTF lTS t mTF l 1 TS
m, l , k (t )
0 otherwise
and:
k denotes the carrier number;
l denotes the OFDM Symbol number starting from 0 for the first Preamble Symbol of the frame;
m denotes the C2 Frame number;
Ktotal is the number of transmitted carriers, i.e. K total K max K min 1;

LF total number of OFDM Symbols per frame (including the preamble);
TS is the total symbol duration for all symbols, and TS = TU + ;
TU is the active symbol duration defined in table 38;
is the duration of the guard interval, see clause10.2;
cm,l,k is the complex modulation value for carrier k of the OFDM Symbol number l in C2 Frame number m;
TF is the duration of a frame, TF L F Ts ;
Kmin Carrier index of first (lowest frequency) active carrier;
Kmax Carrier index of last (highest frequency) active carrier.
The OFDM parameters are summarized in table 38. The values for the various time-related parameters are given in
multiples of the Elementary Period T and in microseconds. The Elementary Period T is specified for each channel raster
bandwidth in table 37.
Table 37: Elementary period as a function of channel raster bandwidth
Channel Raster "6 MHz" "8 MHz"

Elementary period T 7/48 µs 7/64 µs
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Table 38: OFDM parameters
"6 MHz" "6 MHz" "8 MHz" "8 MHz"

Parameter
1/64 1/128 1/64 1/128
Number of OFDM carriers per L1 Block KL1 3 408 3 408 3 408 3 408
Bandwidth of L1 Signalling Block (see note) 5,71 MHz 5,71 MHz 7,61 MHz 7,61 MHz
Duration TU 4 096 T 4 096 T 4 096 T 4 096 T
Duration TU s (see note) 597,3 597,3 448 448
Carrier spacing 1/TU (Hz)
1 674 1 674 2 232 2 232
(see note)
Guard Interval Duration 64T 32T 64T 32T
Guard Interval Duration µs (see note) 9,33 4,66 7 3,5
NOTE: Numerical values in italics are approximate values.
10.2 Guard interval insertion

Two different guard interval fractions ( /Tu) are defined. Further details are given in table 38 in clause 10.1.
10.3 Spectrum characteristics

The OFDM Symbols constitute a juxtaposition of equally-spaced orthogonal carriers. The amplitudes and phases of the
Data Cell carriers are varying symbol by symbol according to the mapping process previously described.
The power spectral density Pk (f) of each carrier at frequency:
k
fk for K min k K max
Tu
is defined by the following expression:
2
sin ( f f k )Ts
Pk ( f )
( f f k )Ts
The overall power spectral density of the modulated Data Cell carriers is the sum of the power spectral densities of all
these carriers. A theoretical DVB transmission signal spectrum is illustrated in figure 41. The blue curve illustrates the
theoretical spectrum of a 7,61 MHz wide signal (The first used subcarrier Kmin is located at the relative frequency of
0 MHz). The red curve illustrates the lower frequency edge of a 445 MHz wide signal. Because the OFDM Symbol
duration is larger than the inverse of the carrier spacing, the main lobe of the power spectral density of each carrier is
narrower than twice the carrier spacing. Therefore the spectral density is not constant within the nominal bandwidth.
NOTE: This theoretical spectrum takes no account of the variations in power from carrier to carrier caused by the
boosting of the pilot carriers.
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10
0
Power Spectral Density [dB]
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
Relative Frequency [MHz]
Figure 41: Theoretical DVB-C2 signal spectrum for guard interval fraction 1/128 and different signal
bandwidths (8 MHz and 445 MHz (lower edge only))
No specific requirements are set in terms of the spectrum characteristics after amplification and filtering, since it is
considered to be more appropriately defined by the relevant standardization authorities, depending on both the regions
and the frequency bands in which the C2 System is to be deployed.
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Annex A (normative):
Addresses of parity bit accumulators for Nldpc = 64 800
Example of interpretation of table A.1.
p317 p317 i0 p2255 p2255 i0 p2324 p2324 i0 p2723 p2723 i0 p3538 p3538 i0
p12739 p12739 i0 p17407 p17407 i0 p21039 p21039 i0
p12799 p12799 i0 p17467 p17467 i0 p21099 p21099 i0
: : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : :
p21857 p21857 i359 p23795 p23795 i359 p23864 p23864 i359 p24263 p24263 i359
p25078 p25078 i359 p25116 p25116 i359 p27734 p27734 i359 p28240 p28240 i359
p30641 p30641 i359 p31597 p31597 i359 p34279 p34279 i359 p38947 p38947 i359
p42579 p42579 i359
p14505 p14505 i360 p14593 p14593 i360 p14692 p14692 i360 p16522 p16522 i360
p17737 p17737 i360 p19245 p19245 i360 p21272 p21272 i360 p21379 p21379 i360
: : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : :
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Table A.1: Rate 2/3 (Nldpc = 64 800)
317 2255 2324 2723 3538 3576 6194 6700 9101 10057 12739 17407 21039 10574 11268 17932
1958 2007 3294 4394 12762 14505 14593 14692 16522 17737 19245 21272 21379 15442 17266 20482
127 860 5001 5633 8644 9282 12690 14644 17553 19511 19681 20954 21002 390 3371 8781
2514 2822 5781 6297 8063 9469 9551 11407 11837 12985 15710 20236 20393 10512 12216 17180
1565 3106 4659 4926 6495 6872 7343 8720 15785 16434 16727 19884 21325 4309 14068 15783
706 3220 8568 10896 12486 13663 16398 16599 19475 19781 20625 20961 21335 3971 11673 20009
4257 10449 12406 14561 16049 16522 17214 18029 18033 18802 19062 19526 20748 9259 14270 17199
412 433 558 2614 2978 4157 6584 9320 11683 11819 13024 14486 16860 2947 5852 20101
777 5906 7403 8550 8717 8770 11436 12846 13629 14755 15688 16392 16419 3965 9722 15363
4093 5045 6037 7248 8633 9771 10260 10809 11326 12072 17516 19344 19938 1429 5689 16771
2120 2648 3155 3852 6888 12258 14821 15359 16378 16437 17791 20614 21025 6101 6849 12781
1085 2434 5816 7151 8050 9422 10884 12728 15353 17733 18140 18729 20920 3676 9347 18761
856 1690 12787 350 11659 18342
6532 7357 9151 5961 14803 16123
4210 16615 18152 2113 9163 13443
11494 14036 17470 2155 9808 12885
2474 10291 10323 2861 7988 11031
1778 6973 10739 7309 9220 20745
4347 9570 18748 6834 8742 11977
2189 11942 20666 2133 12908 14704
3868 7526 17706 10170 13809 18153
8780 14796 18268 13464 14787 14975
160 16232 17399 799 1107 3789
1285 2003 18922 3571 8176 10165
4658 17331 20361 5433 13446 15481
2765 4862 5875 3351 6767 12840
4565 5521 8759 8950 8974 11650
3484 7305 15829 1430 4250 21332
5024 17730 17879 6283 10628 15050
7031 12346 15024 8632 14404 16916
179 6365 11352 6509 10702 16278
2490 3143 5098 15900 16395 17995
2643 3101 21259 8031 18420 19733
4315 4724 13130 3747 4634 17087
594 17365 18322 4453 6297 16262
5983 8597 9627 2792 3513 17031
10837 15102 20876 14846 20893 21563
10448 20418 21478 17220 20436 21337
3848 12029 15228 275 4107 10497
708 5652 13146 3536 7520 10027
5998 7534 16117 14089 14943 19455
2098 13201 18317 1965 3931 21104
9186 14548 17776 2439 11565 17932
5246 10398 18597 154 15279 21414
3083 4944 21021 10017 11269 16546
13726 18495 19921 7169 10161 16928
6736 10811 17545 10284 16791 20655
10084 12411 14432 36 3175 8475
1064 13555 17033 2605 16269 19290
679 9878 13547 8947 9178 15420
3422 9910 20194 5687 9156 12408
3640 3701 10046 8096 9738 14711
5862 10134 11498 4935 8093 19266
5923 9580 15060 2667 10062 15972
1073 3012 16427 6389 11318 14417
5527 20113 20883 8800 18137 18434
7058 12924 15151 5824 5927 15314
9764 12230 17375 6056 13168 15179
772 7711 12723 3284 13138 18919
555 13816 15376 13115 17259 17332
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1 11359 2698 357 13824 12772 7244 6752 15310 852 2001 11417 24 2655 14957
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4 7626 11407 14599 9689 1628 2113 10809 9283 1230 15241 4870 27 11653 12236
5 1610 5699 15876 9446 12515 1400 6303 5411 14181 13925 7358 28 16025 7632
6 4059 8836 3405 7853 7992 15336 5970 10368 10278 9675 4651 29 4655 14128
7 4441 3963 9153 2109 12683 7459 12030 12221 629 15212 406 30 9584 13123
8 6007 8411 5771 3497 543 14202 875 9186 6235 13908 3563 31 13987 9597
9 3232 6625 4795 546 9781 2071 7312 3399 7250 4932 12652 32 15409 12110
10 8820 10088 11090 7069 6585 13134 10158 7183 488 7455 9238 33 8754 15490
11 1903 10818 119 215 7558 11046 10615 11545 14784 7961 15619 34 7416 15325
12 3655 8736 4917 15874 5129 2134 15944 14768 7150 2692 1469 35 2909 15549
13 8316 3820 505 8923 6757 806 7957 4216 15589 13244 2622 36 2995 8257
14 14463 4852 15733 3041 11193 12860 13673 8152 6551 15108 8758 37 9406 4791
15 3149 11981 38 11111 4854
16 13416 6906 39 2812 8521
17 13098 13352 40 8476 14717
18 2009 14460 41 7820 15360
19 7207 4314 42 1179 7939
20 3312 3945 43 2357 8678
21 4418 6248 44 7703 6216
22 2669 13975 0 3477 7067
23 7571 9023 1 3931 13845
24 14172 2967 2 7675 12899
25 7271 7138 3 1754 8187
26 6135 13670 4 7785 1400
27 7490 14559 5 9213 5891
28 8657 2466 6 2494 7703
29 8599 12834 7 2576 7902
30 3470 3152 8 4821 15682
31 13917 4365 9 10426 11935
32 6024 13730 10 1810 904
33 10973 14182 11 11332 9264
34 2464 13167 12 11312 3570
35 5281 15049 13 14916 2650
36 1103 1849 14 7679 7842
37 2058 1069 15 6089 13084
38 9654 6095 16 3938 2751
39 14311 7667 17 8509 4648
40 15617 8146 18 12204 8917
41 4588 11218 19 5749 12443
42 13660 6243 20 12613 4431
43 8578 7874 21 1344 4014
44 11741 2686 22 8488 13850
0 1022 1264 23 1730 14896
1 12604 9965 24 14942 7126
2 8217 2707 25 14983 8863
3 3156 11793 26 6578 8564
4 354 1514 27 4947 396
5 6978 14058 28 297 12805
6 7922 16079 29 13878 6692
7 15087 12138 30 11857 11186
8 5053 6470 31 14395 11493
9 12687 14932 32 16145 12251
10 15458 1763 33 13462 7428
11 8121 1721 34 14526 13119
12 12431 549 35 2535 11243
13 4129 7091 36 6465 12690
14 1426 8415 37 6872 9334
15 9783 7604 38 15371 14023
16 6295 11329 39 8101 10187
17 1409 12061 40 11963 4848
18 8065 9087 41 15125 6119
19 2918 8438 42 8051 14465
20 1293 14115 43 11139 5167
21 3922 13851 44 2883 14521
22 3851 4000
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1 5237 490 10677 4998 3869 3734 3092 3509 7703 10305 1 4219 1870
2 8742 5553 2820 7085 12116 10485 564 7795 2972 2157 2 10968 8054
3 2699 4304 8350 712 2841 3250 4731 10105 517 7516 3 6970 5447
4 12067 1351 11992 12191 11267 5161 537 6166 4246 2363 4 3217 5638
5 6828 7107 2127 3724 5743 11040 10756 4073 1011 3422 5 8972 669
6 11259 1216 9526 1466 10816 940 3744 2815 11506 11573 6 5618 12472
7 4549 11507 1118 1274 11751 5207 7854 12803 4047 6484 7 1457 1280
8 8430 4115 9440 413 4455 2262 7915 12402 8579 7052 8 8868 3883
9 3885 9126 5665 4505 2343 253 4707 3742 4166 1556 9 8866 1224
10 1704 8936 6775 8639 8179 7954 8234 7850 8883 8713 10 8371 5972
11 11716 4344 9087 11264 2274 8832 9147 11930 6054 5455 11 266 4405
12 7323 3970 10329 2170 8262 3854 2087 12899 9497 11700 12 3706 3244
13 4418 1467 2490 5841 817 11453 533 11217 11962 5251 13 6039 5844
14 1541 4525 7976 3457 9536 7725 3788 2982 6307 5997 14 7200 3283
15 11484 2739 4023 12107 6516 551 2572 6628 8150 9852 15 1502 11282
16 6070 1761 4627 6534 7913 3730 11866 1813 12306 8249 16 12318 2202
17 12441 5489 8748 7837 7660 2102 11341 2936 6712 11977 17 4523 965
18 10155 4210 18 9587 7011
19 1010 10483 19 2552 2051
20 8900 10250 20 12045 10306
21 10243 12278 21 11070 5104
22 7070 4397 22 6627 6906
23 12271 3887 23 9889 2121
24 11980 6836 24 829 9701
25 9514 4356 25 2201 1819
26 7137 10281 26 6689 12925
27 11881 2526 27 2139 8757
28 1969 11477 28 12004 5948
29 3044 10921 29 8704 3191
30 2236 8724 30 8171 10933
31 9104 6340 31 6297 7116
32 7342 8582 32 616 7146
33 11675 10405 33 5142 9761
34 6467 12775 34 10377 8138
35 3186 12198 35 7616 5811
0 9621 11445 0 7285 9863
1 7486 5611 1 7764 10867
2 4319 4879 2 12343 9019
3 2196 344 3 4414 8331
4 7527 6650 4 3464 642
5 10693 2440 5 6960 2039
6 6755 2706 6 786 3021
7 5144 5998 7 710 2086
8 11043 8033 8 7423 5601
9 4846 4435 9 8120 4885
10 4157 9228 10 12385 11990
11 12270 6562 11 9739 10034
12 11954 7592 12 424 10162
13 7420 2592 13 1347 7597
14 8810 9636 14 1450 112
15 689 5430 15 7965 8478
16 920 1304 16 8945 7397
17 1253 11934 17 6590 8316
18 9559 6016 18 6838 9011
19 312 7589 19 6174 9410
20 4439 4197 20 255 113
21 4002 9555 21 6197 5835
22 12232 7779 22 12902 3844
23 1494 8782 23 4377 3505
24 10749 3969 24 5478 8672
25 4368 3479 25 4453 2132
26 6316 5342 26 9724 1380
27 2455 3493 27 12131 11526
28 12157 7405 28 12323 9511
29 6598 11495 29 8231 1752
30 11805 4455 30 497 9022
31 9625 2090 31 9288 3080
32 4731 2321 32 2481 7515
33 3578 2608 33 2696 268
34 8504 1849 34 4023 12341
35 4027 1151 35 7108 5553
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0 4362 416 8909 4156 3216 3112 2560 2912 6405 8593 4969 6723 20 4766 2697 10 7868 5731
1 2479 1786 8978 3011 4339 9313 6397 2957 7288 5484 6031 10217 21 4069 6675 11 6121 10732
2 10175 9009 9889 3091 4985 7267 4092 8874 5671 2777 2189 8716 22 1117 1016 12 4843 9132
3 9052 4795 3924 3370 10058 1128 9996 10165 9360 4297 434 5138 23 5619 3085 13 580 9591
4 2379 7834 4835 2327 9843 804 329 8353 7167 3070 1528 7311 24 8483 8400 14 6267 9290
5 3435 7871 348 3693 1876 6585 10340 7144 5870 2084 4052 2780 25 8255 394 15 3009 2268
6 3917 3111 3476 1304 10331 5939 5199 1611 1991 699 8316 9960 26 6338 5042 16 195 2419
7 6883 3237 1717 10752 7891 9764 4745 3888 10009 4176 4614 1567 27 6174 5119 17 8016 1557
8 10587 2195 1689 2968 5420 2580 2883 6496 111 6023 1024 4449 28 7203 1989 18 1516 9195
9 3786 8593 2074 3321 5057 1450 3840 5444 6572 3094 9892 1512 29 1781 5174 19 8062 9064
10 8548 1848 10372 4585 7313 6536 6379 1766 9462 2456 5606 9975 0 1464 3559 20 2095 8968
11 8204 10593 7935 3636 3882 394 5968 8561 2395 7289 9267 9978 1 3376 4214 21 753 7326
12 7795 74 1633 9542 6867 7352 6417 7568 10623 725 2531 9115 2 7238 67 22 6291 3833
13 7151 2482 4260 5003 10105 7419 9203 6691 8798 2092 8263 3755 3 10595 8831 23 2614 7844
14 3600 570 4527 200 9718 6771 1995 8902 5446 768 1103 6520 4 1221 6513 24 2303 646
15 6304 7621 5 5300 4652 25 2075 611
16 6498 9209 6 1429 9749 26 4687 362
17 7293 6786 7 7878 5131 27 8684 9940
18 5950 1708 8 4435 10284 28 4830 2065
19 8521 1793 9 6331 5507 29 7038 1363
20 6174 7854 10 6662 4941 0 1769 7837
21 9773 1190 11 9614 10238 1 3801 1689
22 9517 10268 12 8400 8025 2 10070 2359
23 2181 9349 13 9156 5630 3 3667 9918
24 1949 5560 14 7067 8878 4 1914 6920
25 1556 555 15 9027 3415 5 4244 5669
26 8600 3827 16 1690 3866 6 10245 7821
27 5072 1057 17 2854 8469 7 7648 3944
28 7928 3542 18 6206 630 8 3310 5488
29 3226 3762 19 363 5453 9 6346 9666
0 7045 2420 20 4125 7008 10 7088 6122
1 9645 2641 21 1612 6702 11 1291 7827
2 2774 2452 22 9069 9226 12 10592 8945
3 5331 2031 23 5767 4060 13 3609 7120
4 9400 7503 24 3743 9237 14 9168 9112
5 1850 2338 25 7018 5572 15 6203 8052
6 10456 9774 26 8892 4536 16 3330 2895
7 1692 9276 27 853 6064 17 4264 10563
8 10037 4038 28 8069 5893 18 10556 6496
9 3964 338 29 2051 2885 19 8807 7645
10 2640 5087 0 10691 3153 20 1999 4530
11 858 3473 1 3602 4055 21 9202 6818
12 5582 5683 2 328 1717 22 3403 1734
13 9523 916 3 2219 9299 23 2106 9023
14 4107 1559 4 1939 7898 24 6881 3883
15 4506 3491 5 617 206 25 3895 2171
16 8191 4182 6 8544 1374 26 4062 6424
17 10192 6157 7 10676 3240 27 3755 9536
18 5668 3305 8 6672 9489 28 4683 2131
19 3449 1540 9 3170 7457 29 7347 8027
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0 5611 2563 2900 17 3216 2178 16 6296 2583 15 1263 293 14 3267 649
1 5220 3143 4813 0 4165 884 17 1457 903 16 5949 4665 15 6236 593
2 2481 834 81 1 2896 3744 0 855 4475 17 4548 6380 16 646 2948
3 6265 4064 4265 2 874 2801 1 4097 3970 0 3171 4690 17 4213 1442
4 1055 2914 5638 3 3423 5579 2 4433 4361 1 5204 2114 0 5779 1596
5 1734 2182 3315 4 3404 3552 3 5198 541 2 6384 5565 1 2403 1237
6 3342 5678 2246 5 2876 5515 4 1146 4426 3 5722 1757 2 2217 1514
7 2185 552 3385 6 516 1719 5 3202 2902 4 2805 6264 3 5609 716
8 2615 236 5334 7 765 3631 6 2724 525 5 1202 2616 4 5155 3858
9 1546 1755 3846 8 5059 1441 7 1083 4124 6 1018 3244 5 1517 1312
10 4154 5561 3142 9 5629 598 8 2326 6003 7 4018 5289 6 2554 3158
11 4382 2957 5400 10 5405 473 9 5605 5990 8 2257 3067 7 5280 2643
12 1209 5329 3179 11 4724 5210 10 4376 1579 9 2483 3073 8 4990 1353
13 1421 3528 6063 12 155 1832 11 4407 984 10 1196 5329 9 5648 1170
14 1480 1072 5398 13 1689 2229 12 1332 6163 11 649 3918 10 1152 4366
15 3843 1777 4369 14 449 1164 13 5359 3975 12 3791 4581 11 3561 5368
16 1334 2145 4163 15 2308 3088 14 1907 1854 13 5028 3803 12 3581 1411
17 2368 5055 260 16 1122 669 15 3601 5748 14 3119 3506 13 5647 4661
0 6118 5405 17 2268 5758 16 6056 3266 15 4779 431 14 1542 5401
1 2994 4370 0 5878 2609 17 3322 4085 16 3888 5510 15 5078 2687
2 3405 1669 1 782 3359 0 1768 3244 17 4387 4084 16 316 1755
3 4640 5550 2 1231 4231 1 2149 144 0 5836 1692 17 3392 1991
4 1354 3921 3 4225 2052 2 1589 4291 1 5126 1078
5 117 1713 4 4286 3517 3 5154 1252 2 5721 6165
6 5425 2866 5 5531 3184 4 1855 5939 3 3540 2499
7 6047 683 6 1935 4560 5 4820 2706 4 2225 6348
8 5616 2582 7 1174 131 6 1475 3360 5 1044 1484
9 2108 1179 8 3115 956 7 4266 693 6 6323 4042
10 933 4921 9 3129 1088 8 4156 2018 7 1313 5603
11 5953 2261 10 5238 4440 9 2103 752 8 1303 3496
12 1430 4699 11 5722 4280 10 3710 3853 9 3516 3639
13 5905 480 12 3540 375 11 5123 931 10 5161 2293
14 4289 1846 13 191 2782 12 6146 3323 11 4682 3845
15 5374 6208 14 906 4432 13 1939 5002 12 3045 643
16 1775 3476 15 3225 1111 14 5140 1437 13 2818 2616
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Annex B (normative):
Addresses of parity bit accumulators for Nldpc = 16 200
Table B.1: Rate 1/2 (Nldpc = 16 200)
20 712 2386 6354 4061 1062 5045 5158 5 5924 290

21 2543 5748 4822 2348 3089 6328 5876 6 1467 4049
22 926 5701 269 3693 2438 3190 3507 7 7820 2242
23 2802 4520 3577 5324 1091 4667 4449 8 4606 3080
24 5140 2003 1263 4742 6497 1185 6202 9 4633 7877
0 4046 6934 10 3884 6868
1 2855 66 11 8935 4996
2 6694 212 12 3028 764
3 3439 1158 13 5988 1057
4 3850 4422 14 7411 3450
0 2084 1613 1548 1286 1460 3196 4297 2481 3369 3451 4620 2622 1 2583 1180
1 122 1516 3448 2880 1407 1847 3799 3529 373 971 4358 3108 2 1542 509
2 259 3399 929 2650 864 3996 3833 107 5287 164 3125 2350 3 4418 1005
3 342 3529 4 5212 5117
4 4198 2147 5 2155 2922
5 1880 4836 6 347 2696
6 3864 4910 7 226 4296
7 243 1542 8 1560 487
8 3011 1436 9 3926 1640
9 2167 2512 10 149 2928
10 4606 1003 11 2364 563
11 2835 705 12 635 688
12 3426 2365 13 231 1684
13 3848 2474 14 1129 3894
14 1360 1743
0 163 2536
3 3198 478 4207 1481 1009 2616 1924 3437 554 683 1801 8 1015 1945
4 2681 2135 9 1948 412
5 3107 4027 10 995 2238
6 2637 3373 11 4141 1907
7 3830 3449 0 2480 3079
8 4129 2060 1 3021 1088
9 4184 2742 2 713 1379
10 3946 1070 3 997 3903
11 2239 984 4 2323 3361
0 1458 3031 5 1110 986
1 3003 1328 6 2532 142
2 1137 1716 7 1690 2405
3 132 3725 8 1298 1881
4 1817 638 9 615 174
5 1774 3447 10 1648 3112
6 3632 1257 11 1415 2808
7 542 3694
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5 896 1565 3 465 2552

6 2493 184 4 1038 2479
7 212 3210 5 1383 343
8 727 1339 6 94 236
9 3428 612 7 2619 121
0 2663 1947 8 1497 2774
1 230 2695 9 2116 1855
2 2025 2794 0 722 1584
3 3039 283 1 2767 1881
4 862 2889 2 2701 1610
5 376 2110 3 3283 1732
6 2034 2286 4 168 1099
7 951 2068 5 3074 243
8 3108 3542 6 3460 945
9 307 1421 7 2049 1746
0 2272 1197 8 566 1427
1 1800 3280 9 3545 1168
2 331 2308
3 2409 499 1481 908 559 716 1270 333 2508 2264 1702 2805 6 497 2228
4 2447 1926 7 2326 1579
5 414 1224 0 2482 256
6 2114 842 1 1117 1261
7 212 573 2 1257 1658
0 2383 2112 3 1478 1225
1 2286 2348 4 2511 980
2 545 819 5 2320 2675
3 1264 143 6 435 1278
4 1701 2258 7 228 503
5 964 166 0 1885 2369
6 114 2413 1 57 483
7 2243 81 2 838 1050
0 1245 1581 3 1231 1990
1 775 169 4 1738 68
2 1696 1104 5 2392 951
3 1914 2831 6 163 645
4 532 1450 7 2644 1704
5 91 974
0 1558 712 805 4 1496 502 3 544 1190

1 1450 873 1337 0 1006 1701 4 1472 1246
2 1741 1129 1184 1 1155 97 0 508 630
3 294 806 1566 2 657 1403 1 421 1704
4 482 605 923 3 1453 624 2 284 898
0 926 1578 4 429 1495 3 392 577
1 777 1374 0 809 385 4 1155 556
2 608 151 1 367 151 0 631 1000
3 1195 210 2 1323 202 1 732 1368
4 1484 692 3 960 318 2 1328 329
0 427 488 4 1451 1039 3 1515 506
1 828 1124 0 1098 1722 4 1104 1172
2 874 1366 1 1015 1428
3 1500 835 2 1261 1564
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Annex C (normative):
Input stream synchronizer
Delays and packet jitter introduced by DVB-C2 equipment may depend on the transmitted bit-rate and may change in
time during bit and/or code rate switching. The "Input Stream Synchronizer" (see figure C.1) shall provide a mechanism
to regenerate, in the receiver, the clock of the Transport Stream (or packetized Generic Stream) at the modulator Mode
Adapter input, in order to guarantee end-to-end constant bit rates and delays (see also figure C2, example receiver
implementation). Table C.1 gives the details of the coding of the ISSY field generated by the input stream synchronizer.
When ISSYI = 1 in MATYPE field (see clause 5.1.6) a counter shall be activated (22 bits), clocked by the modulator
sampling rate (frequency Rs=1/T, where T is defined in clause 10.). The Input Stream Synchronization field (ISSY, 2 or
3 bytes) shall be transmitted according to clause 5.1.7.
ISSY shall be coded according to table C.1, sending the following variables:
ISCR (short: 15 bits; long: 22 bits) (ISCR = Input Stream Time Reference), loaded with the LSBs of the counter
content at the instant the relevant input packet is processed (at constant rate RIN), and specifically the instant
the MSB of the relevant packet arrives at the modulator input stream interface. In case of continuous streams
the content of the counter is loaded when the MSB of the Data Field is processed.
BUFS (2+10 bits) (BUFS = maximum size of the requested receiver buffer to compensate delay variations).
This variable indicates the size of the receiver buffer assumed by the modulator for the relevant PLP. It shall
have a maximum value of 2 Mbit. When a group of Data PLPs share a Common PLP, the sum of the buffer size
for any Data PLP in the group plus the buffer size for the Common PLP shall not exceed 2 Mbit. This field shall
not be transmitted in case of PLP bundling as the ISCR field is required in every BBFrame for sorting of the
input stream.
BUFSTAT (2+10 bits) (BUFSTAT = actual status to reset the receiver buffer = number of filled bits). If
ISSYI=1, this variable shall be transmitted at least 5 times per second, replacing ISCR. This value can be used
to set the receiver buffer status during reception start-up procedure, and to verify normal functioning in steady
state. This field shall not be transmitted in case of PLP bundling as the ISCR field is required in every BBFrame
for sorting of the input stream.
Input Stream Synchroniser
Mod 222 Rs
Counter S
Y UP Packetised
N
C Input Stream
15 or 22 LSBs
BUFSTAT
BUFS
ISCR S
Y UP
I
S
N S
CKIN C Y
Input ISSY (2 or 3 bytes)

Packets Insertion after Packet
(optional)
Figure C.1: Input stream synchronizer block diagram
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Table C.1: ISSY field coding (2 bytes or 3 bytes)
First Byte Second Byte Third Byte

Bit-7 (MSB) bit-6 bit-5 and bit-4 bit-3 and bit-2 bit-1 and bit-0 bit-7 to bit-0 bit-7 bit-0
0 = ISCRshort MSB of next 6 bits of ISCRshort Next 8 bits of Not present
ISCRshort ISCRshort
1 0= 6 MSBs of ISCRlong Next 8 bits of Next 8 bits of
ISCRlong ISCRlong ISCRlong
1 1 00 = BUFS BUFS unit 2 MSBs of BUFS Next 8 bits of Not present
00 = bits BUFS when ISCRshort
01 = Kbits is used; else
10 = Mbits reserved for
11 = 8 Kbits future use
1 1 10 = BUFSTAT BUFSTAT unit 2 MSBs of BUFSTAT Next 8 bits of Not present
00 = bits BUFSTAT when ISCRshort
01 = Kbits is used; else
10 = Mbits reserved for
11 = BUFS/1 024 future use
1 1 Others = reserved Reserved for Reserved for future Reserved for future Not present
for future use future use use use when ISCRshort
is used; else
reserved for
future use
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Annex D (normative):
Input Remultiplexing Subsystem: Splitting of input MPEG-2
Transport Streams into Data PLPs, generation of a
Common PLP of a group of PLPs and insertion of Null
Packets into Transport Streams
D.1 Overview
This annex defines a feature of the C2 System applicable in the case of transmission of multiple MPEG-2 Transport
Streams [i.1] in a configuration of a group of PLPs and an associated Common PLP. It includes the processing
(remultiplexing) that shall be applied for transporting N (N ≥ 2) MPEG-2 TSs (TS_1 to TS_N) over N+1 Data PLPs
(PLP1 to PLPN+1)), one of which is the Common PLP (CPLP) of a group of PLPs, see figure D.1.
If this processing is not applied to a group of Transport Streams, there shall be no Common PLP for this group, and
each PLP of the group shall carry the input TS without modification. When several groups of PLPs are used to carry
TSs, each such group has its own independent extension functionality.
This annex also describes the processing that can be carried out by the receiver to reconstruct a single input TS from the
received Data PLP and its corresponding Common PLP.
TS1
TSn
TSout
DVB-C2 DVB-C2
TSm modulator Demodulator DVB-C2
CATV MUX
DVB-C2
Re-MUX
TSm+p
Figure D.1: Extended Re-multiplexing and Multiplexing Functionalities of DVB-C2
The extension consists on the network side conceptually of a remultiplexer and on the receiver side of a multiplexer.
In-between the remultiplexer and the multiplexer we have the C2 System, as described in other parts of the present
document. The inputs/outputs to the C2 System are syntactically correct TSs, each with unique transport_stream_ids,
containing all relevant layer 2 (L2) signalling information (i.e. PSI/SI - see [i.1] and [i.4]). The various input TSs may
have PSI/SI tables, or other L2 data, in common with other input TSs. When the extension is used the generated TSPS
(Transport Stream Partial Stream) and TSPSC (Transport Stream Partial Stream Common) streams are however
typically not syntactically correct MPEG-2 TSs, but are still carried in the MPEG-packet format.
NOTE: The parallel TSs may only exist internally in equipment generating the DVB-C2 signal. The parallel TSs
may e.g. be generated from a single high bit rate TS source, or may alternatively be generated by
centrally-controlled parallel encoders, each producing a constant bit rate TS, with variable proportion of
Null Packets. The bit rates of the input TSs may be significantly higher than the capacity of the respective
PLPs, because of the existence of a certain proportion of Null Packets, which are removed by the DNP
procedure.
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An input MPEG-2 TS shall be transported either:
in its entirety within a single PLP, in which case the TS does not belong to any group of PLPs (and there is no
Common PLP); or
split into a TSPS stream, carried in a Data PLP, and a TSPSC stream, carried in the Common PLP. This annex
specifies the splitting and describes how the recombination of the output streams from a Data PLP and a
Common PLP can conceptually be achieved by the receiver to form the output TS.
D.2 Splitting of a group of input TSs into TSPSs streams

and a TSPSC stream
D.2.1 General
When a set of N TSs (TS_1, …, TS_N, N ≥ 2) are transmitted through a group of N+1 PLPs, one being the Common
PLP of a group, all TSs may have a different input bit rate, but shall carry all the data packets, which are intended to be
transmitted in a Common PLP. The data packets to be carried in the Common PLP are not necessarily co-timed.
However it is assumed that all TS in a group have been generated in the same Playout Centre and there may be a skew
between those TS concerning the timing of the signals, caused amongst others by different propagation delays on the
contribution links.
There are two steps of processing. In the first step TS packets, which shall be transmitted via the Common PLP shall be
replaced be Null Packets and in the second step additional Null Packet are inserted in order to reduce the buffering
requirements in the receivers.
Each TSPS shall have the same bit rate as the associated input TS and maintain the same time synchronization. The
TSPSC is an elementary stream with the same bit rate as the input TS it was extracted from. It contains data packets
common to all transport streams within the group of TSs in a certain Data Slice. TSPSC data shall not require time
synchronization with the associated TSPS data. The DVB SI tables SDT or EIT shall not be transported via a Common
PLP, as a processing of those tables at table_ID level is not foreseen in DVB-C2.
NOTE: The input TSs may contain a certain proportion of Null Packets. The split operation will not introduce
further Null Packets into the TSPSs. Null packets will however be removed in the modulator and
reinserted in the demodulator in a transparent way, so that the C2 System will be transparent for the
TSPSs, despite Null Packets not being transmitted. Furthermore, the DNP and ISSY mechanism of the C2
System will ensure that time synchronization of the TSPSs and the TSPSC at the output of the
demodulator is maintained to a certain extent.
D.2.2 Extraction of the Common PLP from a group of TS

For the purpose of specifying the split operation the TS packets that may be transmitted in the Common PLP are
identified by one or several PIDs and fall into the following three categories:
1) TS packets carrying any type of data, which does not require an exact time synchronization with other TS
packets carried in other PLPs of the related group of PLPs.
2) EPG data, e.g. based on Event Information Table (EIT) format, but not using the 'actual' and 'other'
mechanisms as specified in [i.4].
3) Conditional Access control data, e.g. Entitlement Management Messages (EMMs).
DVB-SI TS packets that may not be transmitted in the Common PLP, as this would require complex remultiplexing
functionalities, fall into the following two categories:
1) TS packets carrying Service Description Table (SDT), i.e. with PID value of 0x0011.
2) TS packets carrying Event Information Table (EIT), i.e. with PID value of 0x0012.
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The TS packets targeted for transmission via the Common PLP shall be extracted from one input TS. If the input stream
carrying the Common PLP data is carrying also payload data which is targeted to go into a PLP, those TS packets of
that input stream, which were extracted to the Common PLP, shall be replaced by Null Packets (see figure D.2). All TS
packets of the other input TSs belonging to that group of PLPs are processed such that all TS packets with the PID
associated to the Common PLP are replaced by Null Packets.
During the process of extraction of Common PLP data optionally components of that TS may be deleted by replacement
of the related data packets by Null Packets.
By processing one TS in parallel in two of the re-multiplexing lines and replacing complementary TS packets by Null
Packets a separation of one TS into two partial TSs, which are targeted to be transmitted via different PLPs (with
different level of robustness), can be achieved. This principle is also applicable if a split of one TS into more than two
partial streams is required.
Figure D.2 is simplified insofar as it does not show any Null Packets in the input TSs. In real input TSs these are of
course to be expected. The absence of these packets in the figures does however not in any way affect the general
applicability of the splitting/re-combining process, as described in this annex.
SDT EMM Audio Video ECM EMM

TS 1 in
SDT Null Packet Audio Video ECM Null Packet

TSPS 1 out
Video Audio EMM EPG data EIT ECM

TS 2 in
Video Audio Null Packet Null Packet EIT ECM
TSPS 2 out
Null Packet Null Packet EMM EPG data Null Packet Null Packet
TSPSC out (based on data from TS2)
Figure D.2: Example of generation of two TSPS and a TSPSC form two input TS
D.2.3 Insertion of additional Null Packets into TSPSs

TS packets that are not necessarily co-timed but identical on all input TSs of the group before the split shall be replaced
by Null Packets in the respective TSPS at the same time positions. Furthermore packets targeted to go into the common.
PLP may occur non equidistant in the input stream. If the data packets in the Common PLP do have a "bursty",
characteristics and the packets of the Common PLP and the relevant Data PLP are not co-timed, the required buffer size
in a receiver could be significantly increased due to the missing time correlation. The insertion of additional Null
Packets in the TSPS allows smoothing the characteristics of Null Packets and thus reducing the buffer requirement in
receivers.
The number of inserted Null Packets shall be chosen such that a receiver with a 2 Mbit buffer is able to perform the
multiplexing of Data PLP and Common PLP properly.
After insertion of Null Packets a PCR restamping has to be performed.
Figure D.3 gives an example of two Transport Streams where after extraction of Common PLP packets additional Null
Packets are inserted.
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SDT EMM Audio Video ECM EMM

TS 1
SDT Null Packet Audio Video ECM Null Packet
TSPS 1
SDT Null Packet Audio Null Packet Video ECM Null Packet
TSPSS 1
Video Audio EMM EPG data EIT ECM

TS 2
Video Audio Null Packet Null Packet EIT ECM
TSPS 2
Video Null Packet Audio Null Packet Null Packet EIT ECM
TSPSS 2
Figure D.3: Example of insertion of Null Packets into two TS / TSPS
D.3 Receiver Implementation Considerations

In view of the key role played by the transport stream as a physical interface in many existing and future receivers it is
strongly recommended that at least the core of the merging function as described in this annex is implemented in a
channel decoder silicon chip. In particular this applies to the generic merging function between TSPSC and TSPS to
form a transport stream for generic data as defined in clause D.2 illustrated in figure D.3.
The channel decoder implementations as defined above should ensure correct integration of many existing DVB system
hardware and software solutions for DVB with such channel decoders.
The recombination of TSPSSs and TSPSCs in a receiver is not bound to any synchronisation or timing relation (co-
timed) that may have existed in the original TS at the transmission side. Thus, no synchronisation or timing constraints
exist for the recombination. Nevertheless, the sequence of the TS packets extracted and transmitted as common TS
packets shall be maintained.
D.3.1 Recombination of TSPSS and TSPSC in a receiver

The receiver shall recreate the targeted TS by multiplexing the received synchronized partial Transport Stream (TSPSS)
with the received Common PLP Transport Stream (TSPSC). It shall replace any Null Packets which appear in the
received TSPSS, by a packet from its Common PLP (TSPSC) buffer, unless this buffer is empty, see figure D.4. The
output signal of the DVB-C2 demodulator delivers the Partial Transport Stream (TSPS) and the Common PLP (TSPSC)
multiplexed together. Common PLP packets may be time shifted in relation to the modulator input signal and the
amount of additionally inserted Null Packets at the modulator will increase the out data rate of the complete multiplexed
output signal accordingly. However, after the PID filtering at the MPEG-Demultiplexer this headroom is removed
completely.
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Null Packet Null Packet EMM EPG data Null Packet Null Packet
TSPSC
Video Null Packet Audio Null Packet Null Packet EIT ECM
TSPSS 2
Video Null Packet Audio EMM EPG data EIT ECM
TSS 2 (identical with TS2, except the inserted stuffing Null Packets)
Figure D.4: Example of recombination of input TS from TSPSS and TSPSC
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Annex E (normative):
Calculation of the CRC word
The implementation of Cyclic Redundancy Check codes (CRC-codes) allows the detection of transmission errors at the
receiver side. For this purpose CRC words shall be included in the transmitted data. These CRC words shall be defined
by the result of the procedure described in this annex.
A CRC code is defined by a polynomial of degree n:
Gn x xn g n 1x n 1 g2 x2 g1x 1
with n 1 :
and: gi 0,1 , i 1.....n 1
The CRC calculation may be performed by means of a shift register containing n register stages, equivalent to the
degree of the polynomial (see figure E.1). The stages are denoted by b0... bn-1, where b0 corresponds to 1, b1 to x, b2 to
x2,..., bn-1 to xn-1. The shift register is tapped by inserting XORs at the input of those stages, where the corresponding
coefficients gi of the polynomial are '1'.
Data Input
g1 g2 g n-2 g n-1
LSb b0 b1 bn-2 bn-1 MSb
Figure E.1: General CRC block diagram
At the beginning of the CRC-8 calculation (used for GFPS and TS, NM only and BBHeader), all register stage contents
are initialized to zeros.
At the beginning of the CRC-32 calculation, all register stage contents are initialized to ones.
After applying the first bit of the data block (MSB first) to the input, the shift clock causes the register to shift its
content by one stage towards the MSB stage (bn-1), while loading the tapped stages with the result of the appropriate
XOR operations. The procedure is then repeated for each data bit. Following the shift after applying the Last Bit (LSB)
of the data block to the input, the shift register contains the CRC word which is then read out. Data and CRC word are
transmitted with MSB first.
The CRC codes used in the DVB-C2 system are based on the following polynomials:
G32 ( x) x32 x 26 x 23 x 22 x16 x12 x11 x10 x8 x7 x5 x4 x2 x 1
G8 ( x) x8 x7 x6 x4 x2 1
The assignment of the polynomials to the respective applications is given in each clause.
NOTE: The CRC-32 coder defined in this annex is identical to the implicit encoder defined in EN 300 468 [i.4].
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Annex F (normative):
Bundling of PLPs
In addition to the basic operation mode (i.e. one or several PLPs are located in one Data Slice) data of a single PLP
connection may be spread over different Data Slices, called PLP Bundling. This mode is intended for advanced services
that require throughput above the capacity of a single Data Slice. PLP bundling shall be possible within the same as
well as across different C2 Systems.
All data packets of a PLP transmitted in bundling mode shall pass the same input processing block. The addition of the
ISSY timestamp in the mode adaptation block is mandatory for the PLP bundling mode in order to allow the correct
reordering of the packets from different Data Slices at the receiver side. The High Efficiency Mode stream format shall
be used for TS as well as for GSE. At the output of the input processing block the BBFrames of the bundled PLP are
spread over the different Data Slices.
Figure F.1 and Figure F.2 show the block diagram for the different PLP Bundling operation modes.
Input FEC + PLP Header QAM

Processing Bit Interleaver insertion Mapper
Data Time +
PLPs Slice Frequency
Builder m Interleaver
FEC + PLP Header QAM
Bit Interleaver insertion Mapper

PLPs
Data Time +
Slice Frequency
Builder n Interleaver
Bundled Input FEC + PLP Header QAM
PLP Processing Bit Interleaver insertion Mapper
IFFT +
Frame Guard
DAC
Builder Interval
Insertion
Data Time +
PLPs Slice Frequency
Builder o Interleaver
FEC + PLP Header QAM
Bit Interleaver insertion Mapper
Pilot
insertion
L1 header FEC
L1 Header Frequency
Repetition
Insertion Interleaver
FEC +
L1 data Bit / Time
Interleaver
Figure F.1: Bundling PLP - data of a single PLP is spread over different Data Slices
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Figure F.2: Bundling PLP - data of a single PLP is spread over different Data Slices and different C2-Systems
The PLP bundling mode mandates the usage of the FECFrame header for the Data Slices that contain packets from the
bundled PLP.
In order to reduce buffering requirements, BBFrames shall be created for each Data Slice according to the ratio of the
bitrate of each Data Slice. For example if the bitrates of two bundled Data Slices are equal, BBFrames for each Data
Slice shall occur in alternating fashion. Moreover, not more than 5 consecutive BBFRAMEs shall be created for the
same Data Slice.
NOTE 1: As for the basic operation mode, Data Slices that include FECFrames from a bundled PLP might also
contain FECFrame packets of others PLPs.
NOTE 2: C2 receivers with a single 8 MHz reception tuner do not need to decode bundled PLPs. These C2
receivers will recognize bundled PLPs from the L1 part 2 signalling and will discard associated Data Slice
Packets.
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Note 3: Receivers compliant to version 1.2.1 are not expected to be able to support signals with PLP bundling over
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Annex G (informative):
Transport Stream regeneration and clock recovery using
ISCR
When the modulator operates in a mode that employs Null Packet Deletion, the receiver may regenerate the Transport
Stream by inserting, before each useful packet, DNP in the reception FIFO buffer. As shown in figure G.1, the
Transport Stream clock R'IN may be recovered by means of a Phase Locked Loop (PLL). The recovered modulator
sampling rate Rs may be used to clock a local counter (which by definition runs synchronously with the input stream
synchronization counter of figure G.1). The PLL compares the local counter content with the transmitted ISCR of each
TS packet, and the phase difference may be used to adjust the R' IN clock. In this way R'IN remains constant, and the
reception FIFO buffer automatically compensates the chain delay variations. Since the reception FIFO buffer is not
self-balancing, the BUFSTAT and the BUFS information may be used to set its initial state.
Under some very restricted conditions set out in clause 5.1.3 ISSY may be omitted at the transmitting side. Under these
circumstances the receiver buffer filling condition may be used to drive the PLL. In this case the reception buffer is
self-balancing (in steady state half the cells are filled).
Rs Local
Counter
PLL
Transmitted
ISCR
DNP
R’IN
Null Packet
Write TS FIFO Read TS packets
Re-insertion
packets BUFFER
Useful
packets
Figure G.1: Example receiver block diagram for Null Packet re-insertion
and RTS clock recovery
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Annex H (informative):
Pilot patterns
This annex illustrates each of the scattered pilot patterns, showing the pattern of pilots at the low frequency edge of the
ensemble for the first a few symbols of a frame. There are two scattered pilot patterns, and each of them has four phases
to start with depending upon the frequency of the low frequency edge. Figures H.1 to H.4 shows the patterns in GI 1/64
case with four different phases. Figures H.5 to H.8 show the pilot patterns in GI 1/128 with four different phases.
Continual pilot carriers are not shown.
Carrier Index
Symbol k mod DxDy
Index l 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48
-
Preamble
Symbols
-
0
1
Data 2
3
Symbols
4
5
6
7

Edge pilot Scattered pilot
Figure H.1: Scattered pilot pattern for GI 1/64 with the lower edge k mod DxDy = 0
Carrier Index
Symbol k mod DxDy
Index l 12 18 24 30 36 42 0 6 12
-
Preamble
Symbols -
0
1
2
Data
3
Symbols 4
5
6
7

Carrier Index
Symbol k mod DxDy
Index l 24 30 36 42 0 6 12 18 24
-
Preamble
Symbols -
0
1
2
Data
3
Symbols
4
5
6
7

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Carrier Index
Symbol k mod DxDy
Index l 36 42 0 6 12 18 24 30 36
-
Preamble
Symbols
-
0
1
2
Data
3
Symbols
4
5
6
7

Carrier Index
Symbol k mod DxDy
Index l 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48
-
Preamble
Symbols -
0
1
2
Data
3
Symbols
4
5
6
7

Carrier Index
Symbol k mod DxDy
Index l 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72
-
Preamble
Symbols -
0
1
2
Data
3
Symbols
4
5
6
7

Carrier Index
Symbol k mod DxDy
Index l 48 54 60 66 72 78 84 90 0
-
Preamble
Symbols
-
0
1
2
Data
3
Symbols
4
5
6
7

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Carrier Index
Symbol k mod DxDy
Index l 72 78 84 90 0 6 12 18 24
-
Preamble
Symbols -
0
1
2
Data
3
Symbols 4
5
6
7

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Annex I (informative):
Bibliography
CENELEC 60728-5 (Ed. 2.0): "Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services -
Part 5: Headend equipment".
CENELEC EN 60728-1:2008: "Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services -
Part 1: System performance of forward paths".
CENELEC EN 60728-11:2005: "Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services -
Part 11: Safety".
ETSI ES 201 488-2: "Access and Terminals (AT); Data Over Cable Systems; Part 2: Radio Frequency Interface
Specification".
ETSI TS 102 005: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for the use of video and audio coding in
DVB services delivered directly over IP".
U. Reimers, A. Morello, "DVB-S2, the second generation standard for satellite broadcasting and unicasting",
submitted to International Journal on Satellite Communication Networks, 2004; 22.
M. Eroz, F.-W. Sun and L.-N. Lee, "DVB-S2 Low Density Parity Check Codes with near Shannon Limit
Performance", submitted to International Journal on Satellite Communication Networks, 2004; 22.
ETSI EN 300 744: "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for
digital terrestrial television (DVB-T)".
CENELEC EN 50083-9: "Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services -
Part 9: Interfaces for CATV/SMATV headends and similar professional equipment for DVB/MPEG-2
transport streams".
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History
Document history
V1.1.1 April 2010 Publication
V1.2.1 December 2010 One-step Approval Procedure OAP 20110416: 2010-12-17 to 2011-04-18
V1.2.1 April 2011 Publication
V1.3.1 December 2014 Result of the WebEX meeting on 5th December 2014, including contribution othe
following week until Thursday 11th December 2014
V1.3.1rev1 December 2014 Result of the WebEX meeting on 12th December 2014
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8 Generation, coding and modulation of Layer 1 part 2 signalling ........................................................... 51

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9.6.4.2 Amplitudes of the Edge Pilots .............................................................................................................. 84

Annex E (normative): Calculation of the CRC word ..................................................................... 104

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European Broadcasting Union

National transposition dates

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The scope is as follows:

Since 1994 enhanced digital transmission technologies have evolved somewhat:

Early Warning System signalling

DVB-C2 version number

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2.1 Normative references

2.2 Informative references

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: Exclusive OR / modulo-2 addition operation

0xkk: digits 'kk' should be interpreted as a hexadecimal number

BBHeader: header in front of a baseband data field

NOTE: See clause 5.1.

BUFSTAT: actual status of the receiver buffer

NOTE: C2 Frame starts with one or more Preamble Symbol.

data PLP: PLP carrying payload data

data slice packet: XFECFrame including the related FECFrame Header

data symbol: OFDM Symbol in a C2 Frame which is not a Preamble Symbol

div: integer division operator, defined as:

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FFT size: nominal FFT size for a DVB-C2 receiver is 4K

NOTE: Further details are discussed in clause 10.1.

NOTE: If there are no elements, the whole loop is omitted.

Im(x): Imaginary part of x

NOTE: L1 Blocks are transmitted in the Preamble.

NOTE: L1-part1 parameters may change per XFECFrame.

NOTE: L1-part2 parameters may change per C2 Frame.

mod: modulo operator, defined as:

nnD: digits 'nn' should be interpreted as a decimal number

PLP bundling: transmission of one PLP via multiple Data Slices

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Re(x): Real part of x

START_FREQUENCY: index of lowest used OFDM subcarrier of a C2 System. The value of

x*: Complex conjugate of x

XFECFrame: FECFrame mapped onto QAM constellations:

Absolute guard interval duration

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yi,q Bit i of cell word q from the bit-to-cell-word demultiplexer

1024QAM 1024-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

NOTE: As defined in EN 300 429 [i.5].

DVB-C2 DVB-C2 System

NOTE: As specified in the present document.

DVB-S DVB System for digital broadcasting via satellites