2nd International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

A Survey of digital TV standards China

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469484,
        author={Roland  A. Burger and Giovanni Iacovoni and Cliff Reader and Xiaming Fu and Xiaodong Yang and Wang Hui},
        title={A Survey of digital TV standards China},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2008},
        month={3},
        keywords={AVS  CMMB  DMBT-H  DVB-H  DVB-SH  DVB-T  DVB-T2  ESG  Flute  Mediaflo  Multi-standard Broadcast China  T-DMB  mobile TV},
        doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469484}
    }
    
  • Roland A. Burger
    Giovanni Iacovoni
    Cliff Reader
    Xiaming Fu
    Xiaodong Yang
    Wang Hui
    Year: 2008
    A Survey of digital TV standards China
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469484
Roland A. Burger1,*, Giovanni Iacovoni2,*, Cliff Reader3,*, Xiaming Fu4, Xiaodong Yang4,*, Wang Hui5,*
  • 1: NEMATRIX Research, Italy
  • 2: Create-Net, Trento, Italy
  • 3: Cliff Reader Consulting, Saratoga, California
  • 4: University of Goettingen, Germany
  • 5: Beijing University of Post and Telecoms
*Contact email: china@nematrix.com, giovanni.iacovoni@create-net.it, cliff@reader.com, xyang@informatik.uni-goettingen.de, wanghui@bupt.edu.cn

Abstract

This paper presents a an updated overview of the different proposed standards on the market for mobile TV in China as of July 2007 and analyzes the different trade-offs, strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore the used video codecs are compared with special emphasis on the usage in mobile TV in China.