CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 
2     Definition of the quality parameters of a MAC/packet signal
        2.1     MAC signal
                  2.1.1     Waveforms and line allocations
                  2.1.2     Quality parameters
        2.2     Data signals
                  2.2.1     Data signal waveform
                  2.2.2     Quality parameters for digital signals
 3     Description of the test signals for MAC/packet systems
        3.1     General remarks
        3.2     Definition of elementary waveforms
                  3.2.1     Basic definitions
                  3.2.2     Transition
                  3.2.3     Pulse
                  3.2.4     Ramp
                  3.2.5     Complex wobbulation
                  3.2.6     Modulated pulse
                  3.2.7     Burst
        3.3     Test signal description
                  3.3.1     Test signal No. 1 (see Figure A.1 and Table A.1)
                  3.3.2     Test signal No. 2(see Figure A.2 and Table A.2)
                  3.3.3     Test signal No. 3 (see Figure A.3 and Table A.3)
                  3.3.4     Test signal No. 4 (national option) (see Figure A.4 and Table A.4)
                  3.3.5     Test signal No. 5 (national option) (see Figure A.5 and Table A.5)
                  3.3.6     Test signal No. 6 (national option) (see Figure A.6 and Table A.6)
 4     Measurement methods
        4.1     General remarks
        4.2     Measurements related to the vision signal
                  4.2.1     Low-frequency noise
                  4.2.2    High-frequency noise
                  4.2.3     Dynamic non-linearity
                  4.2.4     Static non-linearity
                  4.2.5     Amplitude and phase/group delay frequency response
        4.3     Specific data signal measurements
                  4.3.1     Bit-error ratio measurement
                  4.3.2     Decoding margin measurement and equivalent impairment
                  4.3.3     Analysis of eye diagrams
Annex A - Test signal elements