About the Authors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. List of Contributors. List of Figures. 1. General.
1.1 Setting up the Scene. 1.2 Benefits of DVB-H. 1.3 Standardization. 1.4 Contents of the Book.
2. DVB-H Overview. 2.1 Time Slicing. 2.2 MPE-FEC. 2.3 DVB-H Specific Signaling.
2.4 The Broadcast and Cellular Systems in DVB-H. 2.5 Market Needs. 2.6 Applications. 3. Mobile TV Business Eco-System.
3.1 The Network of Dependencies in Mobile TV Business. 3.2 Mobile TV Business Role. 3.3 Vertical Business Model, Mobile Operator-Driven Model. 3.4 Virtual Network Operator Model, Mobile Operator Operator-Driven Model.
3.5 Wholesaler-Reseller Model, Broadcast Network Operator-Driven Model. 3.6 NewCo or Consortium - Broadcaster-Driven Model. 3.7 Revenue Models. 3.8 Broadcast Network as Starting Point.
4. Technical Architecture. 4.1 Main Elements. 4.2 Core Network. 4.3 Mobile Broadcast Solution (MBS).
4.4 Radio Network. 4.5 Interfaces and Protocols. 5. DVB-H Equipment. 5.1 Terminals.
5.2 Core Elements. 5.3 Radio Elements. 5.4 Antenna Systems. 5.5 Measurement Equipment.
5.6 Other Equipment. 6. Functionality of the System. 6.1 The Protocol Stack of the End-to-End OMA-BCAST over DVB-H System. 6.2 Upper Layer Protocols.
6.3 MPE in DVB-H. 6.4 MPE-FEC Frame. 6.5 Principle of Time-Sliced Transmission. 6.6 Program-Specific Information (PSI)/Service Information (SI).
6.7 Transport Stream. 6.8 Transmission Parameter Signaling (TPS). 6.9 The Head-End Functionality. 6.10 The Receiver and Terminal Functionality.
6.11 The DVB-H Network Types. 7. Signalling. 7.1 Service Discovery Signalling. 7.2 End-to-End Service Discovery.
7.3 Interaction Channel. 7.4 Service and Content Protection. 8. DVB-H Head-End. 8.1 Overview.
8.2 A/V Content Encoding. 8.3 A/V Content Scrambling. 8.4 Electronic Service Guide (ESG) Generation. 8.5 IP Encapsulation.
8.6 Service Management. 8.7 Subscriber and Subscription Management. 8.8 SFN Synchronization. 9. DVB-H Radio Network.
9.1 OFDM. 9.2 DVB-H Radio Frequency. 9.3 Modulation. 9.4 FFT Mode.
9.5 Guard Interval. 9.6 Error Correction. 10. Radio Network Dimensioning. 10.1 Radio Network Planning Process.
10.2 Capacity. 10.3 Link Budget. 10.4 Coverage Area Calculations. 10.5 Trade-offs Between the Parameters.
10.6 Radio Network Measurements and Analysis. 10.7 EMC and Bio-effect Calculations. 11. Optimization of the Network. 11.1 Technical Parameters.
11.2 SFN Size. 11.3 Effect of Transmitter Power on Network Costs. 12. Future. 13. Appendix 1.
DVB Standards List. 13. 1 Transmission. 13.2 Multiplexing. 13.3 Source Coding. 13.
4 Subtitling. 13.5 Interactivity. 13.6 Middleware. 13.7 Content Protection and Copy Management. 13.
8 Interfacing. 13.9 Internet Protocol. 13.10 Conditional Access. 13.11 Measurements. References.
Internet Links. Index.