Arqiva / Microsoft / Penthera / Rohde&Schwarz
/ DibCom
CONTACT
mike.brooks@arqiva.com
DURATION
Completed during 2007.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
1. To integrate and test a standardised
Windows DVB-H end-to-end platform, including receiver devices
2. test the integration of live multi-channel Mobile TV with two
datacasting applications: ‘clip and share’ and ‘augmenting
live events’
3. Investigate how mobile devices can interact with other devices
in the context of larger hybrid networks
USERS
12 trialists selected by Microsoft
ethnographers
SERVICE CONTENT
Linear TV channels, plus files delivered
via broadcast
TARIFFS / PRICING LEVELS
Not permitted by license to charge
users.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
TRANSMITTERS
1 Rohde&Schwarz transmitter covering
Nothern and Western Cambridge
BROADCAST BAND AND
FREQUENCY
Band IV, 538MHz
DVB-H PARAMETERS
QPSK, 1/2 FEC. Configuration of DVB-H
paramaters varies.
AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH
USED FOR DVB-H
All bandwidth in HP stream allocated
to DVB-H services. LP stream uses IP file delivery.
VIDEO FORMAT
Windows Media
INTERACTIVITY PLATFORM
Penthera/Windows
CONDITIONAL ACCESS
/ DRM TYPE AND PROVIDER
Windows Media DRM
HEADEND EQUIPMENT
Various. DVB-H IP encapsulator provided
by Rohde&Schwarz
RECEIVER / TERMINAL
EQUIPMENT
PDAs, Windows "Smart Phone"
Mobile Phones, and tablet PCs.