Comparison of DVB-H Link Layer FEC Decoding Strategies in a Mobile Fading Channel

Author

Himmanen, Heidi ; Hazmi, Ali ; Paavola, Jarkko

Author_Institution

Turku Centre for Comput. Sci., Turku Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

DVB-H offers reliable high data rate reception for mobile handheld and battery-powered devices. A link layer with error correction is defined to work on top of the DVB-T physical layer. The DVB-H standard suggests to use Reed-Solomon coding combined with cyclic redundancy check error detection as the link layer forward error correction. However, there exist more powerful methods for decoding. In this paper, a detailed comparison of five different decoding strategies is presented of which all are compatible with the current standard. Comparison is based on frame error, IP packet error and byte error rates after decoding. Also, the effect of errors on visual experience of a video stream is analyzed

Keywords

Reed-Solomon codes; cyclic redundancy check codes; digital video broadcasting; fading channels; forward error correction; mobile radio; video streaming; DVB-H link layer; FEC decoding; IP packet error; Reed-Solomon coding; byte error rates; cyclic redundancy check error detection; error correction; frame error; link layer forward error correction; mobile fading channel; mobile handheld; video stream; Cyclic redundancy check codes; Decoding; Digital video broadcasting; Error analysis; Error correction; Fading; Forward error correction; Physical layer; Reed-Solomon codes; Streaming media; DVB-H; Reed-Solomon; erasure decoding; error decoding; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2006 IEEE 17th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0329-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2006.254403

Filename

4022601