mdtv deployment and trend dr. david chang director of sales & marketing siano mobile silicon

MDTV Deployment and TrendDr. David Chang

Director of Sales & MarketingSiano Mobile Silicon

(email: [email protected])

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Contents

• MDTV standards and technology - quick view• MDTV deployments and trend

DVB-T DVB-H DAB T-DMB ISDB-T CMMB MediaFlo DVB-SH


Analog Switch-Off in Europe

• Germany 2010• Italy 2008• Austria Late 2007• Netherlands End 2006• Finland August 2007• Sweden February 2008• Norway Late 2008• UK Late 2012• Denmark October 2009• France 2010 (could be delayed)• Ireland 2009• Portugal 2010-2012• Spain 2010

Source: Chris Wynn, New Media Markets


MDTV TechnologiesA Quick Technical Fact Sheet


• DAB OFDM based 1.7MHz per RF channel Targeting to be the digital alternative to FM radio Not necessarily targeted for mobile / handheld Deployed over VHF-III in most cases, L1 band in some cases All DAB services are free-to-air

• DVB-T OFDM based 6MHz-8MHz per RF channel Developed by the DVB Organization (Europe) as the digital

replacement of analog TV (PAL) Originally not targeted for mobile / handheld Deployed over UHF in most cases, VHF-III in some cases Considerable use of the free-to-air model


• DVB-H Based on DVB-T PHY, can use same infrastructure as DVB-T network with

minimal additions Adds mobility using additional FEC in the link layer Adds power consumption provisions suitable for mobile using time slicing

(the receiver is operated in TDD mode) Very good spectral efficiency, allows up to 15 TV channels including radio

and data channels Uses the Pay-TV (conditional access) model, with FTA model used only in

India• T-DMB

Based on DAB PHY (Eureka 147), can use the same infrastructure using minimal additions

Adds additional FEC in the link layer in order to achieve BER suitable for video

Inherently has less spectral efficiency than DVB-H and worse power consumption provisioningCan offer 2-3 TV channels per frequency


• DAB-IP Based on DAB PHY Deployed over VHF-III and L1 band Encapsulates the service (i.e. TV channel or data transmission) in IP

packets and sends them over the DAB PHY using more robust FEC• ISDB-T

Japanese standard, uses up to 13 segments of 429KHz each. Each segment can have its own characteristics (i.e. for mobile, portable, etc.)

The mobile transmission is named 1-Seg and uses a single segment of 429 KHz

3-seg mode is considered applicable for “portable” devices Deployed over UHF mainly, with some cases VHF

• MediaFLO No legacy “parent” standard, developed by Qualcomm Designed for mobile TV. Uses Turbo coding for allegedly best performance Good channel switching time and video quality (equivalent to DVB-H) Deployed over UHF, but newer versions of the spec. add also VHF and L


• S-DMB A hybrid network that uses satellite coverage for large, nationwide areas and

terrestrial repeaters for urban regions; terrestrial technology is based on 3G networks Uses a 25MHz bandwidth in the S-band (2.630-2.655GHz) Used in South Korea, service started in May 1st, 2005 Service has around 1.5M users so far; business model in most cases is a fixed

monthly fee

• DVB-SH Stands for DVB-Satellite Handheld A hybrid network that uses satellite and terrestrial, architecture similar to S-DMB, will

typically use the 2.167 GHz frequency and between 5-8MHz bandwidth Uses COFDM technology Standard is derived from DVB-H, but adds improved error correction using turbo

coding Became an official DVB standard in February 2007


• CMMB Chinese homegrown standard, stands for China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting Uses the 2.67 GHz frequency and 25MHz bandwidth and COFDM technology Standard is based on the S-TiMi technology, a combination of satellite and terrestrial

transmission Service is in trials during 2007, will be commercial in 2008. Will offer 25 TV channels

and 30 radio channels

• DMB-T (China) Chinese homegrown standard, brewed in Tshingua university in Beijing The Chinese equivalent for DVB-T, targeted for home and portable digital TV

services, but will be applied to mobile also Allegedly outperforms DVB-T in terms of the minimum required C/N signal; using

TDM-OFDM technology, uses LDPC code for error correction Could not be adopted by the industry as the nationwide standard, will be used in

principal urban locations


MDTV Standards Comparison

Source: Chris Cytera, Broadcom

CAPACITY FRAME RATE

COVERAGE POWER CONSUMPTION

END-USER COST

NUMBER OF

CHANNELS

INFRASTRUCTURE COST

Live streaming over 3G

DVB-H DVB-SH DVB-T MediaFLO ISDB-T 1-Seg

CMMB DAB/T-DMB

S-DMB DMB-T


Deployment – Status and Future Steps


DVB-T


DTT Global Overview


Worldwide StatusPHASE COUNTRIES

Services already on-air Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium,Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe IslandsFinland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Russian,Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,Taiwan, United Kingdom

Services will launch in 6 months Cape Verde, Ireland, Portugal, Ukraine

On-going Trials Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia,Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Latvia,Macedonia, VietnamMalaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey

No Service today but joined the GE06 Genevasignatory, meaning country adopted and will deployDVB-T

Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros Union, Congo(Republic of), Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Rep. Congo, Djibouti, Egypt,Ethiopia, Gabonese Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein,Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria,Tanzania, Togolese Republic, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen,Zambia, Zimbabwe


Leading DVB-T Countries


Select Channel Line-Up (Germany and UK)

• On an average, each DVB-T service offers 30 channels, sometimes even more In most cases, the majority of the services are FREE The content is a combination of basic and premium Video quality is superb

Germany’s DVB-T offering(partial)


Select Channel Line-Up (Cont.)

• Channel Line-Up of FreeView:


DVB-T for MDTV – a New Trend

• Mobile operators are launching mobile phones with DVB-T This is an important trend, that shows that

MNO’s are no longer hesitant from dealing with the FTA technologies, and more importantly show that they strongly believe in broadcast TV and (have a good idea) how to make money out of it.

• The leader in this trend is VF Germany, but T-Mobile and others are expected to follow the same


DVB-H


DVB-H: Current and Forecast Deployment, WW


DVB-H: Zooming in on Europe

Source: TIM, June 2007


Commercial Services Today

• Commercially available in 5 countries today Italy: Offered by TIM, H3G and Vodafone.

H3G reported around 700K users (more than 10% attach rate) and have an aggressive target of 1M users in the next few months. TIM reports around 150K users. Vodafone numbers are unknown

Finland: Launched last December, initially had issues with content licensing but recently these were resolved

Vietnam: Service launched last December, numbers unreported yet. Device used is Nokia’s N77

India: Service launched last May, providing Free-to-Air services using the Nokia N77

South Africa: Service launched last May


Mobile Operators to Drive DVB-H

• DVB-H is associated and driven by Mobile Network Operators (MNO) as a premium, paid service

• The leading MNO’s to drive the deployment are:


MNO’s outlook at DVB-H

• DVB-H and 3G Unicast are complementary

Many channels in „long tail“

Multicast Unicast

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Top „mass“ channelsSpecial interest channels & on-demand content

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Forecast DVB-H Deployments

• Europe Triggering event is the European soccer championships in

2008• Austria, Switzerland and Netherlands will deploy by June 2008• France will deploy by EQ4 of 2008, licensed granted recently.

Broadcasters (Canal+) and Operators (Orange) will share the multiplex

• Russia will deploy by June 2008 UK will probably follow by 2010

• Worldwide Nokia reported a commercial launch in Malaysia Taiwan is currently trialing but is expected to go commercial

in 2008• All of these above mentioned countries have existing

DVB-T networks and services, and will add DVB-H services on top of the deployed NW


Driving DVB-H thru DVB-T

• By Mid-2008, the heart of Europe will have DVB-H, covering 290 million people

Source: TeleAnalytics, 2007


MDTV: Worldwide look

• As DVB-H being expected to dominate Europe and APAC, it is expected to be the leading MDTV standard worldwide


DAB


Commercial Services Today

• Over 500 million people around the world can now receive nearly 1,000 different DAB services and these statistics are changing rapidly as more licenses are awarded and more countries adopt DAB as the future of radio

• Countries where DAB radio is successful:UK, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Australia, Canada, and others

• Existing DAB infrastructure makes it easier (cheaper) to deploy T-DMB, or DAB-IP


Most Immediate New Deployments

• Australia will begin DAB services in January 1st, 2009

• China’s SARFT has announced that DAB is the chosen industrial standard

• France adopted DAB for digital radio. Licenses will be released by the government in early 2008


DAB Receivers – Availability by Year


T-DMB


Current Deployments, Korea

• Most Successful T-DMB Market Around 5M users today

Source: DMB Portal


Current Deployments, Korea (Cont.)

• Plethora of devices, partitioned almost 50-50 between cell phones and the rest

Source: DMB Portal


Current Deployments, Germany• Starting with the World Cup in 2006,

T-DMB services are commercially available in Germany

• Broadcaster is MFD, mobile operators are Debitel and Mobilcom

• Service started in 4 major cities, but expected to expand to at least 12

• Spectrum used is L-band• 4 TV services and 1 Radio channel,

€9.90 per month• Handsets by Samsung• Attach rate is disappointing, only

10K users so far• 2nd phase of the service, with more

channels, is planned in the next 6 months

Source: DMB Portal


Current Deployments, China• Commercial T-DMB service were

expected to launch during 2006 by the following broadcasters: Beijing Jolon Digital Media

Broadcasting (UHF) Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group (L-

Band) Guangdong Yue Guang Digital

Multimedia Broadcasting (UHF)

• Service launch was delayed, and will probably start by end 2007

• Deployment will NOT be massive• Content will be mainly radio and data

services, less TV

Source: DMB Portal


ISDB-T


Status• Launched in 4/2006 in Japan • Broadcasters: All (Nippon Television, Fuji Television, TV Asahi, TBS,

…) • Cellular Operators: All (NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, SoftBank Mobile)• Every 1 of out 2 phones has ISDB-T 1-Seg inside, with the

overall number of subs crossing the 10-12M mark• Frequency: UHF and VHF• Content: According to regulation, digital transmission carries the

same channels as analog transmission• Service fee: Free• Adoption: Over 5M users up to date• Over 100 channels available in 1-Seg• Battery duration for mobile TV is about 3 hours• Also commercial in Brazil, in about 5 citifies by the end of

2008


CMMB


Status• Chosen as the standard for mobile TV by SARFT• Trial in Beijing in confined areas today• Service will be available in time for the 2008 Olympics

Terrestrial coverage in the 6 major Olympic cities Service will offer around 30 channels, about 5 free-to-air and the rest

Pay-TV

• Business (and technical) model among the various entities is complex

• With the expected “peak” of 30 cities by the Olympics. Official service launch is 1/1/2009, but the Olympics are used as the triggering event and the wide-media approach.


MediaFLO


Status• Service started in June 2007, with

Verizon, under the V-Cast brand• Broadcaster is MediaFLO USA• Service covers 34 major cities• Handsets by Samsung and LG• Number of actual subscribers is

unknown• AT&T is presumed to start the

service this fall• Content provided by CBS Mobile,

Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, Fox Mobile, MTV, NBC-2go, NBC News-2go and Nickelodeon

• Qualcomm is looking to drive FLO into other regions around the globe, so far without much success (mainly due to the EU blocking move)


Other Standards


DVB-SH

• Alcatel has practically invented this standard and is also driving it

• Terrestrial trial is taking place in France, satellite will be launched only in 2009

• Alcatel has signed an agreement with ICO, an US infrastructure company specializing in satellite and terrestrial equipment, to deliver DVB-SH systems to the US market Trial is expected to start in Spring 2008

• European MNO’s are not ruling out the possibility of adopting DVB-SH

MDTV Receiver Technology Aaron Lee

Siano FAE Manager(Email: [email protected])


Agenda• Overview of OFDM Modulation scheme• Overview of DVB-T/H system• MDTV standard characteristics• MDTV Frequency band & Chip Antenna


OFDM Modulation scheme

DVBT DVBH

ConstellationQPSK / 16QAM / 64QAM

QPSK / 16QAM / 64QAM

Mobility

Dat

a de

nsity QPSK

16QAM

64QAM

• Higher constellation/modulation needs strong signal to process… e.g. Induce lower sensitivity.

• Higher constellation/modulation has greater data density… e.g. Can store more data information.


Constellation Diagram

QPSK 16QAM 64QAM


DVBH/T System(Sharing the multiplex)


DVBH Time Slicing


MDTV Source coding format

• DVBT Standard definition (SD) bitrate can be from 3Mbit to 8Mbit !!• Most CPU (for PDA) is capable of H.264 decoding but NOT MPEG2• MPEG2 stream require HW support or stand alone CPU that does the job


DVB Characteristic• DVBT

Weak in Mobility Require HW MPEG2 decoder High power consumption Free to Air

• DVBH Require CAS Design for Mobile device (Strong in Mobility) Low power consumption Most CPU is capable of decoding H.264


DVBT capable interface• USB

USB 2.0 HS fast enough for all stream data throughput

• SDIO Constrain

• Platform SDIO spec 1 bit or 4 bit?? Max frequency? 10Mhz? 20Mhz? 25Mhz?

• SDIO host stack performance Maximum throughput?

• HIF Fast enough to stream SD & HD…. Not popular as it require many pins.

• SPI Technically capable with throughput of ~10 to 15Mbit Very dependent on Host clk speed, with or without

DMA, ect….


MDTV Frequency band• VHF – 174Mhz ~ 230Mhz

TDMB, DAB, ISDBT 3seg

• UHF – 470Mhz ~ 862Mhz DVBH, DVBT, ISDBT 1seg, DMB-T, MediaFlo

• L1 – 1450Mhz ~ 1492Mhz TDMB, DAB


Chip Antenna• VHF band – No solution available...

Technologically not possible at current stage.

• UHF band – Already available with Siano as one of smallest UHF chip antenna solution provider.

• L band – Many solution are available.


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