On the use of WiMAX as the terrestrial segment for DVB-SH networks

Author

Gür, Gürkan ; Bayhan, Suzan ; Alagöz, Fatih ; Jamalipour, Abbas

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. Dept., Bogazici Univ., Istanbul

fYear

2008

fDate

1-3 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

326

Lastpage

330

Abstract

In this paper, the use of mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) as terrestrial multicast/broadcast segment for the delivery of multimedia content to mobile users in DVB-SH networks is investigated. The WiMAX multicast/broadcast services (MBS) protocol stack is defined after a brief description of DVB-SH system specifications and multicast/broadcast services in WiMAX. Consequently, the symbiotic mobile WiMAX and DVB-SH architecture is presented and key issues are listed. A modified MBS protocol stack and the functional enhancements for the WiMAX MBS are described for better provisioning of DV-BSH services via mobile WiMAX where satellite coverage is not available.

Keywords

IEEE standards; WiMax; digital video broadcasting; multicast protocols; multimedia communication; DVB-SH networks; IEEE 802.16e; mobile WiMAX; mobile users; modified MBS protocol stack; multimedia content delivery; terrestrial multicast/broadcast segment; Digital video broadcasting; Handheld computers; Mobile TV; Multicast protocols; Multimedia communication; OFDM; Physical layer; Satellite broadcasting; Telecommunication standards; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Satellite and Space Communications, 2008. IWSSC 2008. IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Toulouse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1947-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1948-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWSSC.2008.4656824

Filename

4656824