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DVB-H - the emerging standard for mobile data communication

Published 5 April 2005
Michael Kornfeld
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TL;DR

The digitization of traditional broadcast systems has made significant progress in recent years with respect to the standard for digital terrestrial television, DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial), which is already in operation in many countries throughout the world.

Abstract

The digitization of traditional broadcast systems has made significant progress in recent years. This development could be observed recently with respect to the standard for digital terrestrial television, DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial), which is already in operation in many countries throughout the world. Currently, the system is being rolled out in Germany and the UK (the Freeview DTT platform). DVB-T has also started in the Netherlands and Italy and was announced to start in France in early 2005; further countries have plans to start services in the near future. In many countries, the decision to select DVB-T as the terrestrial television system was based on the exceptional features of the DVB-T standard, among them the possibility to receive broadcast services also with portable devices and even in cars.

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Engineering