CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
Annex  1  Requirements for contribution and distribution
 1     Service requirements
        1.1     Channel configurations
        1.2     Flexible allocation of channels
        1.3     Ancillary data
 2     Performance requirements
        2.1     Audio quality
                  2.1.1     Basic audio quality
                  2.1.2     Quantization resolution
                  2.1.3     Sampling frequency
                  2.1.4     Bandwidth
                  2.1.5     Emphasis
                  2.1.6     Tandem capability
                  2.1.7     Post-processing capability
        2.2     Coding delay
        2.3     Error resilience
        2.4     Recovery time
 3     Functional and operational requirements
        3.1     Bit rate and coding scheme
        3.2     Composite coding
Appendix  1  to  Annex  1  (Informative)  Information about coding systems that have been demonstrated  to meet quality, and other, user requirements  for contribution and distribution
Annex  2  Requirements for emission
 1     Service requirements
        1.1     Channel configurations
        1.2     Audio services
        1.3     Flexible allocation of channels
        1.4     Ancillary data
 2     Performance requirements
        2.1     Audio quality
                  2.1.1     Basic audio quality
                  2.1.2     Stereo image quality
                  2.1.3     Quantization resolution
                  2.1.4     Sampling frequency
                  2.1.5     Bandwidth
                  2.1.6     Emphasis
                  2.1.7     Post-processing capability
        2.2     Coding delay
        2.3     Error resilience
        2.4     Recovery time
 3     Functional and operational requirements for mutichannel systems
        3.1     Compatibility with mono/stereo systems
                  3.1.1     Downward compatibility (Recommendation ITU‑R BS.775)
                  3.1.2     Backward compatibility
Simulcast method
Matrixing method
                  3.1.3     Forward compatibility
        3.2     Bit rate
        3.3     Decoder complexity
Appendix  1  to  Annex  2  (Informative)  Information about coding systems that have been demonstrated  to meet quality, and other, user requirements for emission
References
Annex 3  Categories of audio quality for broadcasting applications