Broadcast and media : LTE/5G based broadcast – broadcasting in 4G and 5G

Subject

For many decades, radio and television signals have been transmitted to receivers via terrestrial RF channels in the VHF and UHF bands, via cable TV systems and via satellites. With the advent of smartphones, user behavior in mobile communications systems is changing from pure phone and SMS services to using smartphones as general purpose communications tools for receiving radio services and viewing videos via streaming services. Bandwidth-conserving broadcast modes for these services have been incorporated directly in the recent 4G and 5G mobile communications standards. This training course provides an overview of this new mobile broadcast technology and discusses applications and possibilities.

Content

• Reasons and opportunities for LTE/5G based broadcastFrom traditional broadcasting to LTE/5G based broadcast, DVBIP, IPTV, streaming, OTT, overview of mobile communications from 4G to 5G
• Identification of broadcasting and multicasting applications in mobile communications (traditional radio and television; software and firmware updates; TMC, navigation and traffic data; emergency warning; ETWS; CMAS)
• Definition of terms: SC-PTM, ENTV, eMBMS, FeMBMS (3GPP Rel. 12, Rel. 14, Rel. 16)
• System architecture, important interfaces and protocols, overview of physical layer, overview of LTE and 5G, overview of FeMBMS physical layer
• Single-frequency networks in broadcasting and mobile communications – technology and requirements
• 4G/5G broadcast field trials

Target Group

• Managers, engineers and technicians from the fields of traditional broadcasting and mobile communications who want to get an overview of the new LTE/5G based broadcast technology.
• Duration: 1,5 days
• Language: English