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Arqiva / Microsoft Cambridge Trial




GENERAL INFORMATION
 
   
LOCATION
 
Cambridge, UK
 
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
 
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.
 
   
Information correct as of 11/10/2006
 

 

 

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