Rohde & Schwarz to begin shipping comprehensive ATSC Mobile DTV product family
Columbia, MD, April 2, 2009 —
ATSC Mobile DTV Candidate Standard A/153 for mobile and handheld services, typically called “ATSC Mobile DTV”, allows the broadcast industry to offer real-time programming and services to mobile customers almost anywhere. It also provides them with new potential revenue opportunities ranging from simple audience voting to the integration of Internet-based applications and transactions with television content. As one of the pioneers in development of the underlying ATSC-M/H and Advanced-VSB (A-VSB) technologies,
The company will provide live demonstrations of the new products at the 2009 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas. The product family includes the software-definable R&S SX800 exciter, the R&S AEM100 emission multiplexer, as well as transmitters and test equipment developed for ATSC Mobile DTV and single frequency network (SFN) operation that allow U.S. broadcasters to immediately begin transmission of ATSC Mobile DTV services.
The R&S SX800 is a frequency-agile exciter that is already used in the newest
The R&S AEM100 emission multiplexer supports ATSC Mobile DTV as well as SFN operation, and is an integrated solution that can be easily incorporated into existing installations, allowing the standard ATSC multiplexer to remain in place. It includes an IP encapsulator and an SMT generator and is well suited for broadcast networks wishing to begin ATSC Mobile DTV operation on an affordable scale.
The R&S AVE264 audio/video encoder is designed specifically for mobile TV and operates in CBR or VBR modes. The real-time MPEG-4 encoder can be complemented by the statistical multiplex manager to operate in statistical multiplex mode, making efficient use of the available channel capacity. It allows the transmission of more services up to 40%.
The new product line is complemented by ATSC Mobile DTV-capable test equipment. The R&S SFU TV signal generator allows the consumer electronics industry to develop and qualify receiver chips and receiver devices, and the R&S ETL TV test receiver is designed for use when installing, commissioning, and maintaining ATSC Mobile DTV transmission systems. The R&S ETL is the first instrument to feature a measurement tool for aligning ATSC Mobile DTV SFNs, with an echo delay measurement resolution of 1 nanosecond.
The complete product family can accommodate future improvements such as ATSC system time operation, statistical multiplexing, improved channel changing and hand-off procedures, transmitter identification, and content insertion at the local station level. Many of these capabilities will be unique to
More detailed information, including application notes, white papers, and data sheets, is available at
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