IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting
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| IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting | |
|---|---|
| Title | IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting |
| Discipline | Broadcasting; Television technology; Radio technology |
| Abbreviation | IEEE Trans. Broadcast. |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Country | United States |
| History | 1954–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Issn | 0018-9316 |
IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers focusing on advanced research in television, radio, and associated transmission and reception technologies. The journal serves as a forum for engineers and researchers affiliated with organizations such as BBC, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), NAB (National Association of Broadcasters), EBU, and academic institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Oxford, and University of Tokyo to present innovations in broadcasting standards, signal processing, and systems engineering. Contributions often intersect with work from laboratories such as Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Society, and Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories and relate to standards bodies including ITU, ATSC, DVB Project, and 3GPP.
History
The journal's lineage traces to mid-20th-century efforts to formalize technical exchanges among engineers working on NTSC and early television systems, contemporaneous with developments at RCA, Philips, and Thomson SA. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s it documented transitions from analog to digital technologies paralleled by milestones such as the deployment of PAL and SECAM systems and the rise of codec research at institutions like Bell Labs and MPEG. In the 1990s and 2000s the publication reflected shifts driven by the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards, the emergence of ATSC 3.0 workstreams, and contributions from companies including Sony Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Panasonic, and LG Electronics. The 2010s onward saw expanded coverage of broadband convergence, contributions linked to Netflix streaming research, and collaborative efforts tied to European Commission research programs and DARPA-funded initiatives.
Scope and Topics
The journal covers a breadth of topics spanning physical-layer techniques and system-level architectures. Representative areas include digital television standards such as ATSC, DVB-T2, and ISDB-T; audio technologies connected to Dolby Laboratories and Fraunhofer IIS innovations; spatial and perceptual coding linked to MPEG-H and Dolby Digital Plus; and antenna and propagation studies referencing deployments in urban sites like Times Square and Shibuya Crossing. Articles often address signal processing algorithms pioneered at MIT Media Lab, ETH Zurich, and UC Berkeley; channel coding advances associated with Turbo codes and LDPC codes explored by teams at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Paris-Saclay; and immersive media formats connected to research from Google Research, Apple Inc., and Microsoft Research. Cross-disciplinary work ties into broadcasting policy discussions involving Federal Communications Commission, spectrum allocation issues linked to World Radiocommunication Conference, and collaborative industrial consortia such as the Open Mobile Alliance.
Publication and Editorial Information
The journal operates under an editorial board model typical of IEEE publications, with editors-in-chief drawn from academia and industry, including professors from Imperial College London, University of California, Los Angeles, and Tsinghua University as well as engineers formerly of Thomson Broadcast Systems and NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories. It uses rigorous peer review with reviewers drawn from institutions like National Institute of Standards and Technology, CSIRO, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and corporate labs at Cisco Systems and Huawei Technologies. Frequency and format have evolved: originally a print quarterly reflecting practices at Wiley-era journals, then transitioning to digital distribution through IEEE Xplore alongside supplemental conference special issues tied to events such as IEEE International Conference on Communications and NAB Show workshops.
Abstracting and Indexing
Abstracting and indexing services include major databases and catalogues utilized by researchers at Harvard University, Yale University, and University of Cambridge. The journal is discoverable in platforms run by Scopus (Elsevier), Clarivate Analytics databases used in assessments at National University of Singapore, and indexing systems relied on by CNRS researchers. Library catalogs at institutions such as Library of Congress, British Library, and National Diet Library list archival holdings. Citation tracking and metrics are available through services employed by Clarivate, Google Scholar, and academic administrators at University of Melbourne.
Impact and Reception
The journal has been cited in influential reports and white papers produced by organizations like ITU-R and European Broadcasting Union and has influenced standardization work at ATSC and DVB Project. Its impact is measured by citation indices used by research offices at Princeton University and Columbia University and by adoption of methods in commercial products from Samsung, Sony, and LG. Reviews in trade publications such as Broadcast Engineering and mentions in policy analyses by RAND Corporation and Brookings Institution underscore its role bridging academic research and industrial practice. The journal's reception among scholars in media technology at University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University emphasizes rigorous methodology and practical relevance.
Notable Papers and Contributions
Among influential contributions are early analyses of digital modulation schemes that informed deployments by Nokia and Ericsson; seminal work on perceptual audio coding referenced by Dolby Laboratories and Fraunhofer IIS; and system-level studies of hybrid broadcast-broadband architectures that guided projects at Netflix, BBC R&D, and NHK STRL. Papers on error-correcting codes and LDPC implementations have been cited by research groups at Bell Labs and CERN engineers working on data transmission. Studies on antenna arrays and MIMO techniques informed urban small-cell projects undertaken by Deutsche Telekom and Orange S.A.. The journal also published early evaluations of HDR video systems influential to display manufacturers including Samsung Display and LG Display and contributed to accessibility research referenced by W3C and DAISY Consortium.