Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2012, 14(2):48-54 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2012.2.48-54

A Survey on Contemporary Terrestrial and Handheld Multimedia Broadcasting Networks

Charalampos N. Pitas1, Athanasios D. Panagopoulos1, Philip Constantinou1
1 Mobile Radiocommunications Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Digital video broadcasting (DVB) transmission technologies are suitable for wireless delivery of multimedia content both to static and mobile end-users. On the one hand, DVB-T standard has been adopted for digital terrestrial television (DTT) and it has been further developed into a newer standard, DVB-T2, which was recently finalized. On the other hand, DVB-H is a specification for the transmission of digital TV to handheld user terminals such as smart phones delivering IP-encapsulated data. The combination of satellite and terrestrial DVB technologies is DVB-SH which delivers wide coverage to mobile terminals and promises upgraded services to mobile and vehicle users via a satellite link. The objective of our research article is to present a survey on terrestrial, mobile and hybrid DVB multimedia networks. Emphasis will be given on quality of radio and service related aspects. A focus on performance evaluation methodology based mainly on measurement campaign will be proposed with a detailed presentation of experimental equipment for drive-test field measurements. Guidelines of measurements and analysis processes will be described. A public DVB network in the area of Athens will be our case study.

Keywords: DVB-T/T2, DVB-H/SH, multimedia broadcasting, quality of service, performance evaluation,measurement campaign

Published: June 30, 2012  Show citation

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Pitas, C.N., Panagopoulos, A.D., & Constantinou, P. (2012). A Survey on Contemporary Terrestrial and Handheld Multimedia Broadcasting Networks. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 14(2), 48-54. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2012.2.48-54
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