web statistics
   


End-to-end Mobile TV Trial - Budapest




GENERAL INFORMATION
 
   
LOCATION
 
Budapest, Hungary
 
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
 
Antenna Hungária Zrt. and T-Mobile Hungary
 
CONTACT
 
Mr. Gábor Kövesdy (Antenna Hungária Zrt.), Mr. László Fekete (T-Mobile Hungary)
 
DURATION
 
Start of trial: 1 April 2007
End of trial: 31 July 2007
 
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
 
Goals of this trial: to prove the interoperability between the two companies' technologies (AH's broadcasting technology and T-Mobile's mobile technology) and to successfully realize a mobile TV service.
 
BUSINESS MODEL
 
Antenna Hungária as broadcast network operator provides B2B type services for T-Mobile Hungary as an MNO; T-Mobile Hungary provides B2C type services for the users.
 
USERS
 
This is a technical trial therefore at this phase there are only 60 technology-oriented test users including the technical staff and the management of the companies.
 
SERVICE CONTENT
 
TV channels: m1 and m2 (the public programmes of the Hungarian Television are re-broadcasted); Duna TV and Autonómia (the public programmes of Duna TV are re-broadcasted).
 
   
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
 
   
TRANSMITTERS
 
1 transmitter, 1 kW ERP, covering the city of Budapest;
2 gap-fillers, 20 W / 5 W ERP, covering the headquarters of T-Mobile Hungary and Antenna Hungaria.
 
BROADCAST BAND AND FREQUENCY
 
UHF band, channel 43 (650 MHz), the gap-fillers are used as co-channel repeaters
 
DVB-H PARAMETERS
 
FFT: 8k;
M odulation: QPSK;
CR: 1/2;
GI: 1/4;
MPE-FEC CR: 3/4
 
AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH USED FOR DVB-H
 
All bandwith (5 Mbit/s) is used for DVB-H. No hierarchical modulation is used.
 
VIDEO FORMAT
 
MPEG-4/H.264
 
INTERACTIVITY PLATFORM
 
WAP and Web portal (provided by Thomson as part of their SmartVision Mobility system)
 
CONDITIONAL ACCESS / DRM TYPE AND PROVIDER
 
DVB-IPDC OSF (provided by Irdeto)
 
HEADEND EQUIPMENT
 
SmartCast Mobility and SmartVision Mobility (provided by Thomson)
 
RECEIVER / TERMINAL EQUIPMENT
 
Samsung SGH-P910; Sagem MyMobileTV; Quantum Pocket TV
 
   
Information correct as of 26/11/2007
 

 

 

DVB is a registered trademark of the DVB Project. © 2005 DVB Project Office. All rights reserved.