Table of Contents

List of contributors.

Prefaces.

Foreword.

Abbreviations.

1 Introduction.

1.1 General.

1.2 Radio in the Digital Age.

1.3 Benefits of the Eureka 147 DAB Systems Family.

1.4 History of the Origins of DAB.

1.5 International Standardisation.

1.6 Relations to Other Digital Broadcasting Systems.

2 System Concept.

2.1 The Physical Channel.

2.2 The DAB Transmission System.

2.3 The DAB Multiplex.

2.4 Conditional Access.

2.5 Service Information.

3 Audio Services and Applications.

3.1 General.

3.2 Audio Coding and Decoding.

3.3 Characteristics of DAB Audio Coding.

3.4 DAB+ Coding Schemes.

3.5 Programme-associated Data.

3.6 Multichannel Audio with DAB.

3.7 Other Advanced Audio Application.

3.8 Quality of Service.

3.9 Audio Levels.

4 Data Services and Applications.

4.1 General.

4.2 Data Application Signalling and Access.

4.3 The Multimedia Object Transfer Protocol.

4.4 Standardised MOT User Applications.

4.5 Text Based Services.

4.6 Traffic Information Services and Navigation Aids.

4.7 Other Data Transmission Mechanisms.

5 Provision of Services.

5.1 The DAB Service Landscape.

5.2 Use of Existing Infrastructures.

5.3 Need for New Infrastructure.

5.4 Relationship between DAB Data Services and RDS.

5.5 Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) for DAB.

5.6 Possible New Audio Services.

6 Collection and Distribution Networks.

6.1 General.

6.2 The Collection Network.

6.3 The Distribution Network.

6.4 Example of Implementation.

7 The Broadcast Side.

7.1 General.

7.2 Introduction to DAB Networks.

7.3 Particularities of Single Frequency Networks (SFNs).

7.4 DAB Transmitters.

7.5 Radio Frequency Propagation Aspects.

7.6 Coverage Planning.

7.7 Coverage Evaluation and Monitoring of SFNs.

7.8 Frequency Management.

8 The Receiving Side.

8.1 General.

8.2 RF Front-end.

8.3 Digital Baseband Processing.

8.4 Audio Decoder.

8.5 Interfaces.

8.6 Integrated Circuits for DAB.

8.7 Receiver Overview.

8.8 Receiver Features.

9 Mobile Television and Multimedia.

9.1 Overview.

9.2 DAB - DMB.

9.3 DAB- IPDC.

9.4 Application Standardisation.

9.5 Conclusions.

Appendix 1 DAB Parameters for Modes I, II, III and IV.

Appendix 2 Frequencies for Terrestrial and Satellite DAB Transmission.

Appendix 3 DAB System Protocol Stack.

Bibliography.

Index.

About the Author

Editors

Wolfgang Hoeg, Audio Consultant, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Lauterbach, Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences, Nürnberg, Germany