Convergence of Digital TV Systems and Services
International Journal of Digital Multimedia BroadcastingThe migration from analog to digital of the broadcasting technologies, already well-consolidated for satellite systems, is becoming a reality also for terrestrial transmission. The digital terrestrial television (DTT) is also evolving to offer interactive services and a degree of flexibility which can be exploited to offer tailored application to users which includes, for instance, interactivity, different levels of personalization and innovative location-based as well as context-aware services. A clear example of this trend is given by the rising success of the IPTV which allows for a degree of flexibility on the offered services unknown to the other more traditional broadcasting systems. Some satellite operators are starting to launch IPTV services using direct satellite links, moreover some terrestrial internet service providers are offering digital TV channels embedded in the IP streaming over XDSL. Furthermore, IPTV services are likely to be broadcast and wireless, with the income of new technologies such as WiMAX. Last but not least, TV and broadcast services for mobile users are also being deployed in many countries using DVB-H and will be soon available on an even broader scale thanks to its satellite counterpart, DVB-SH. In the near future, a set of different technologies able to offer personalized and customized services to different classes of users are expected in the area of the wireless broadcasting, and the convergence on technologies is auspicious. This concept entails different levels of convergence, namely, at terminal level (one device fits all), at service level (convergence of traditional fixed, mobile, and broadcast services), at transport and network levels with a common and standardized set of protocols, and at access layer thanks to the harmonic coexistence of different access technologies
This special issue aims to promote the state-of-the-art research works on the integration of DTT/satellite/IPTV systems for the broadcasting of multimedia and interactive services. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to
- Advances in DVB-T/H/SH/T2 system and implementation
- System and service for IPTV and Interactive TV
- System, service, and implementation of ISDB-T/S, CMMB, T/S-DMB, and MediaFLO
- Digital TV with WiMax, LTE, and HSPA
- Hybrid cellular/noncellular broadcasting
- Source coding for mobile multimedia broadcasting
- Channel coding, modulation, and signal processing techniques
- Mobile TV and interactive multimedia broadcasting services
- Field trials for mobile multimedia broadcasting
Manuscript Due February 1 , 2009 First Round of Reviews May 1, 2009 Publication Date August 1, 2009
Guest Editors
- Maurizio Murroni, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Elettronica (DIEE), Università di Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
- Sandro Scalise, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Communications and Navigation, 17235 Neustrelitz, Germany
- Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli, Centro di Ricerca sui Sistemi Elettronici per l'Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni "Ercole De Castro" (ARCES), Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica, Sistemistica, Università di Bologna, 40125 Bologna, Italy
- Sooyoung Kim, College of Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, South Korea
- Robert Briskman, Sirius Satellite Radio, 1221 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 10020, USA
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