Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Terms and definitions          
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Service information for systems A, B, and C
Annex A – Service information for digital multi-programme system A    
        A.1     Scope              
        A.2     References   
        A.3     Definitions, abbreviations and acronyms          
        A.4     Service information (SI) description    
        A.5     Service information (SI) tables              
        A.6     Descriptors   
        A.7     Storage media interoperability (SMI) measures            
Annex B – Service information for digital multi-programme System B    
        B.1     Purpose, scope and organization         
        B.2     References   
        B.3     Definitions    
        B.4     Acronyms and abbreviations 
        B.5     Table structure            
        B.6     Table section formats
        B.7     Descriptors   
        B.8     Text string coding       
Annex C – Service Information for digital multi-programme System C    
        C.1     SI tables         
        C.2     Descriptor     
        C.3     Character code tables               
Annex D – Coding of text characters for System A    
Annex E – CRC decoder model for system A    
Annex F – Operational profiles for cable service information delivery for system B    
        F.1     Operational profiles  
        F.2     Profile Definition Tables           
        F.3     Operational considerations for the use of profiles (Informative)            
Annex G – Packet rates for system B    
        G.1     Maximum cycle times              
        G.2     Maximum transmission rates
        G.3     Minimum transmission rates
Annex H – Standard Huffman tables for text compression for system B    
        H.1     Character set definition          
Appendix I – Conversion between time and date conventions for System A    
Appendix II – Implementation recommendations for System B    
       II.1     Implications for retail digital cable-ready devices          
       II.2     Channel number handling        
       II.3     Processing of dynamic changes to service information
       II.4     AEITs may include event information for inaccessible channels
       II.5     Splice flag processing 
Appendix III – Service Information overview and guide for System B    
      III.1     Table hierarchy            
      III.2     SI_base PID    
      III.3     Representation of Time            
Appendix IV – Daylight Savings Time control for System B    
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