Communication Research Centre

Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Telecom / Mobile

Mr. Bernard Caron was Vice-President of the CRC's Broadcast Technology Branch until he retired in 2012. Mr. Caron joined the CRC in 1979 and assumed his role as a VP in 2004. During these years at CRC, he contributed to many technological advancements, including the development of videotext and teletext systems, the precursors of the Internet, and the creation of the CRC's Advanced Television Evaluation Laboratory (ATEL). This laboratory was used to subjectively evaluate five proposed television systems, out of which emerged today's North American standard for High Definition Television. Mr. Caron was involved in the joint Canada-USA-Brazil OFDM-6 project, which aimed to adapt and eva...