CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 
2     Informative References
 3     Terms and definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     User requirements for statistical multiplexing
        5.1     Functional and operational requirements
                  5.1.1     Number of programmes
                  5.1.2     Range of variable bit rate
                  5.1.3     Compatibility
                  5.1.4     Interoperability
                  5.1.5     Flexibility
                  5.1.6     Extensibility
                  5.1.7     Implementation
        5.2     Performance requirement
                 5 .2.1     Picture quality
                  5.2.2     Recovery time
                  5.2.3     Acquisition time
                  5.2.4     Relative sound/vision delay
                  5.2.5     Delay
                  5.2.6     Error performance
Appendix I - Statistical multiplexing techniques
        I.1     Introduction
        I.2     Joint coding control scheme
        I.3     Picture quality