DVB-SH

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits

DVB-SH

DVB-SH IP for Mobile Entertainment

The DVB-SH standard was developed specifically to convey multimedia broadcasting content to an unlimited number of portable and mobile devices while making highly effective use of spectrum resources. Being a hybrid broadcasting system, DVB-SH consists of a Satellite Component (SC) and a Complementary Ground Component (CGC). In contrast to classical terrestrial standards like DVB-H or DAB, the hybrid system architecture of DVB-SH offers several advantages like a large territorial coverage and an increased Quality of Service for urban areas.

Features

  • Support for the complete DVB-SH standard (SH-A/SH-B, Class 1/Class 2)
  • Field proven DVB-SH OFDM demodulator
  • Field proven DVB-SH TDM demodulator
  • Mobile DDR memory interface supporting interleaver memory sizes up to 2 GBit
  • Full support for code combining (CC)
  • Diversity support via maximum ratio combining (MRC)
  • High-throughput turbo-decoder
  • Fully integrated MPE decapsulator with MPE-FEC and IFEC support
  • High-speed serial interface
  • Parallel host interface
  • Optional host interface to internal Reed-Solomon decoder

Applications

Fraunhofer’s DVB-SH demodulator technology enables a variety of mobile applications, including in-car A/V, entertainment via mobile phone and professional projects, as well as allowing for straightforward mapping to ASIC or FPGA technologies.

Being a soft IP designed for maximum flexibility and performance, the customer can tailor the IP for a variety of application scenarios:

  • Extensible/adjustable to customers specific needs (soft-IP)
  • Configurable number of OFDM/TDM demodulators
  • Adjustable size of interleaver memory
  • Companion chip interface for additional diversity options (available upon request)
  • Integration services to adapt interfacing to customer requirements (available upon request)

Availability and Licensing

Fraunhofer IIS offers a flexible licensing policy depending on the target platform, product type, and expected quantity of shipped units. Integration and adaptation services can be provided upon request

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