• The Magazine of the IEIE
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.65-78
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• 2008

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.19-24
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• 2010

This paper proposes a unified time-domain channel estimator (UTD-CE) for ubiquitous wireless broadband access based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. As a part of a software radio platform for ubiquitous services, the proposed UTD-CE can be exploited with the simply changeable parameters, pilot symbols and pilot subcarriers allocation, which are usually different according to the system specifications such as IEEE802.11x WiFI, IEEE802.16x WiMAX, DMB, Media FLO, DVB-H, etc. Given the pilot information, the channel frequency responses (CFRs) of data subcarriers will be analogously estimated by Wiener filtering and discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-based interpolation in the UTD-CE. Simulation results indicate that the proposed method significantly outperforms the conventional time-domain channel estimator when the pilot information is changed.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.21 no.4 s.100
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• pp.22-33
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• 2006

방송의 디지털 전환은 기존의 아날로그 방송에 비해 획기적으로 새로운 HD 화질과 3D입체음향의 방송 서비스가 가능하게 하였을 뿐만 아니라, 아날로그 방송에서는 불가능하였던 이동멀티미디어 방송이라는 새로운 서비스가 출현하게 하였다. 이동멀티미디어방송은 TV를 집 밖으로 이끌어내어 차를 타고 갈 때, 걸어갈 때 및 자리를 옮겨 다닐때도 휴대단말기를 통해서 언제 어디서나 원하는 TV 시청 및 음악 청취를 할 수 있는방송 서비스를 실현함으로써, 방송과 통신의 컨버전스를 유도하는 역할 및 나아가서 유비쿼터스 방송망 구성에 적용성을 제시하는 등 우리의 삶에 새로운 시대를 열어가고 있다. 현재 지상파 이동멀티미디어 방송 시스템은 세계적으로 매우 활발하게 연구 및 서비스가 추진중이며, 대표적인 예로는 크게 World DAB를 중심으로 한 T-DMB, DVB를 중심으로 한 DVB-H 그리고 Qualcomm을 중심으로 한 Media FLO 등이 있다. 본고에서는 지상파 이동멀티미디어 방송시스템에 대한 소개와 각 시스템의 표준화 및 서비스 추진 현황에 대해 소개한다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.23-32
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• 2011

Design and Implementation of Clipcast Service via Terrestrial DMB This paper outlines the system design and the implementation process of clipcast service that can send clips of video, mp3, text, images, etc. to terrestrial DMB terminals. To provide clipcast service in terrestrial DMB, a separate data channel needs to be allocated and this requires changes in the existing bandwidth allocation. Clipcast contents can be sent after midnight at around 3 to 4 AM, when terrestrial DMB viewship is low. If the video service bit rate is lowered to 352 Kbps and the TPEG service band is fully used, then 320 Kbps bit rate can be allocated to clipcast. To enable clipcast service, the terminals' DMB program must be executed, and this can be done through SMS and EPG. Clipcast service applies MOT protocol to transmit multimedia objects, and transmits twice in carousel format for stable transmission of files. Therefore, 72Mbyte data can be transmitted in one hour, which corresponds to about 20 minutes of full motion video service at 500Kbps data rate. When running the clip transmitted through terrestrial DMB data channel, information regarding the length of each clip is received through communication with the CMS(Content Management Server), then error-free files are displayed. The clips can be provided to the users as preview contents of the complete VOD contents. In order to use the complete content, the user needs to access the URL allocated for that specific content and download the content by completing a billing process. This paper suggests the design and implementation of terrestrial DMB system to provide clipcast service, which enables file download services as provided in MediaFLO, DVB-H, and the other mobile broadcasting systems. Unlike the other mobile broadcasting systems, the proposed system applies more reliable SMS method to activate the DMB terminals for highly stable clipcast service. This allows hybrid, i.e, both SMS and EPG activations of terminals for clipcast services.