Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated
Circuits IIS, Chair of Information Technologies LIKE at Friedrich-Alexander
University Erlangen
CONTACT
Christian Forster, LIKE, forster@like.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de
Nikolaus Färber, IIS, fae@iis.fraunhofer.de
http://www.like.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de/propro/dvb-h
http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/pub_rel/presse/2005/dvbh
DURATION
Started October 2005
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
Research on DVB-H technology in the
areas of transmission, Java-based middleware, AV-Codecs (H.264/AVC,
HE-AAC v2, MPEG Surround, statistical multiplex) and transport (RTP,
ISMACryp).
BUSINESS MODEL(S) INVESTIGATED
Not applicable
USERS
To be decided.
SERVICE CONTENT
bit eXpress, campus radio, live moderation,
tv and radio services
TARIFFS / PRICING LEVELS
Not applicable
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
TRANSMITTERS
1x 50 W EIRP, covering south of Erlangen
and northern part of Nuremberg
BROADCAST BAND AND
FREQUENCY
Band V, 706 MHz
DVB-H PARAMETERS
Currently: 2k, QPSK, MPE-FEC with
256 rows and constant deltaT of one second
AMOUNT OF BANDWIDTH
USED FOR DVB-H
8 Mbps available
VIDEO/AUDIO FORMAT
Video: H.264/AVC, optimized decoder
implementation (65 fps QVGA on PXA270)
Audio: HE-AAV v2, optimized decoder implementation
Player: Fraunhofer IIS AV-Player with RTP support on PDA (25 fps
QVGA on PXA270)
Sender: PC-based real-time encoder and RTP server (same AV-formats
as obove)
INTERACTIVITY PLATFORM
n/a
CONDITIONAL ACCESS
/ DRM TYPE AND PROVIDER
ISMACryp 1.1 (Investigations on OMA
DRM V2) (Q1, 2006)
HEADEND EQUIPMENT
Playout equipment from Scientific-Atlanta
ProTelevision 5780 modulator
Plisch amplifier
RECEIVER / TERMINAL
EQUIPMENT
PDA-based (e.g. Dell Axim) with HiCast
receiver (DiBcom) (Q2, 2006)
For delvelopment also Laptop-based using DVB-T cards under LinuxTV
Fraunhofer IIS Player application