Essay About Dvb-H And Digital Video Broadcasting

Dvb-H – the Emerging Standard for Mobile Data Communication
DVB-H – The emerging standard for mobile data communication
Michael Komfeld
Abstract – DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting –
Transmission .$stem./& Handheld Terminals) is U new digital
hroadcasr standard developed by the international D VB
Project which aims at reception o f broadcast conteril with
handheld ternrinal devices. Based on the DVB-T standard,/br
digital terrestrial Irlevision. the DVB-ll standard takes into
uccoiint the special reqiiirernents oJthis class qfdevices. This
paper presents an overview ?f the en?erging DVB-H
rechno1ogJ and an anal,vsis ofthe per:/urniancechorucreristics
of the DVB-H transniission system.
Index Terms – DVB-H, digital broadcast,
terminal, mobile reception.
handheld
INTRODUCTION
HE process of digitizing the traditional broadcast systems
has expcricnced great progress in recent years. Standards
for broadcasting digital content to the end user are available
and have been proven in large scale commercial deployments
or, at least, extensive trial networks. This development can be
observed recently also with regard to the standard for digital
terrestrial television, DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting –
Tcrrestrial), which is already in operation in inany countries
throughout the world. Currently, the system is rolled out in
Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Italy; further countries
have announced to start services in the near future. The
technology decision on the digital terrestrial television system
was in many countries based on very peculiar features of the
DVB-T standard, among them the possibility to receive
broadcast services also with portable and even mobile devices.
Meanwhile the benefits of a powerful terrestrial broadcast
system