Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Broadband multimedia on the move with DVB-H

  • Published:
Multimedia Tools and Applications Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

DVB-H is the newly standardized extension to DVB-T, aiming at the provision of IP datacasting (IPDC) services to mobile terminals. This tutorial paper outlines the structure of an interactive DVB-H platform and presents in brief the technical advances of the new specification. It also discusses some interesting scenarios of interactive and non-interactive services which can be directly deployed with the use of the DVB-H technology either as a stand-alone broadcast network or as a complement to existing cellular (2G/3G/WLAN) infrastructures.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Cosmas J, Itegaki T, Cruickshank L et al (2003) Converged DVB-T and GPRS service scenarios and application production tools. In: Proceedings of the DTV workshop, CONFTELE 2003, Aveiro, Portugal, pp 5–8

  2. ETSI EN 302 304 (2004) Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB): transmission system for handheld terminals (DVB-H), European Standard, v.1.1.1

  3. ETSI TR 102 401 (2005). Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); transmission to handheld terminals (DVB-H), Validation Task Force Report

  4. Faria G, Henrikkson J et al (2006) DVB-H: digital broadcast services to handheld devices. Proc IEEE 94(1):194–209

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Gardikis G, Kormentzas G, Xilouris G, Koumaras H, Kourtis A (2005) “Broadband data access over hybrid DVB-T networks,” In: Proceedings of the 3rd conference on heterogeneous networks (HET-NETs) ‘05, Ilkley, UK, July 18–20, 2005

  6. IP datacast over DVB-H: architecture, DVB document A098, November 2005

  7. IP datacast over DVB-H: use cases and services, DVB document A097, November 2005

  8. Kornfeld M, Reimers U (2005) DVB-H—the emerging standard for mobile data communication, EBU Tech Rev, No.301, January 2005

  9. Rauch C, Kelleler W (2001) Hybrid mobile interactive services combining DVB-T and GPRS. In: Proceeding of the European personal mobile communications conference (EPMCC) 2001, Vienna, Austria, February 2001

  10. Stare E (1998) Mobile reception of 2 K and 8 K DVB-T signals. In: Proceeding of the international broadcasting convention (IBC ‘98), pp 473–478

  11. Stare E (2002) Hybrid broadcast-telecom systems for spectrum efficient mobile broadband internet access, [Online] Retrieved June 28, 2006 from http://www.s3.kth.se/signal/edu/seminar/01/Mobile_Broadband_Internet_Access.pdf

  12. The DVB Project Office (2006) DVB-H, the global mobile TV, [Online] Retrieved June 28,2006 from http://www.dvb-h-online.org

  13. Wu Y, Pliszka E et al (2000) Comparison of terrestrial DTV transmission systems; the ATSC 8-VSB, the DVB-T COFDM and the ISDB-T BST-OFDM. IEEE Trans Broadcast 46(2):101–112, June 2000

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Xu L, Tonjes R et al (2000) DRIVE-ing to the internet: dynamic radio for iP services in vehicular environments. In: Proceeding of the 25th annual conference on local computer networks (LCN’00), Florida, November 2000

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean, GR-83200, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece

    Georgios Gardikis, Georgios Xilouris & Charalabos Skianis

  2. National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Patriarchou Gregoriou str., Ag. Paraskevi, Athens, 153 10, Greece

    Anastasios Kourtis

Authors
  1. Georgios Gardikis
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Georgios Xilouris
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Charalabos Skianis
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Anastasios Kourtis
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Georgios Gardikis.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Gardikis, G., Xilouris, G., Skianis, C. et al. Broadband multimedia on the move with DVB-H. Multimed Tools Appl 36, 133–144 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-006-0084-5

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-006-0084-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation