Simulation of the DVB-H Channel Coding and

Transmission in MATLAB
ABSTRACT:
This Project deals with the Matlab implementation of the DVB-H (Digital
Video Broadcasting to Handhelds) channel coding in AWGN (Additive White
Gaussian Noise) transmission channel. Developed application structure and
its functions are described. Channel encoder and decoder were implemented
in Matlab as it is specified in the DVB-H standard. Created application can
evaluate and shows two types of BER (Bit Error Ratio) - BER before Viterbi
decoding and BER after Viterbi decoding. The OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing) modulation was not implemented yet. Finally, obtained
results are evaluated and discussed.
Key-Words: Digital Video Broadcasting to Handhelds, FEC, channel coding,
channel decoding, interleaving, BER.
INTRODUCTION:
The DVB-H (Handheld) is a technical specification for bringing broadcast
services to handheld receivers and it was formally adopted as ETSI standard
EN 302 304 in November 2004. DVB-H has been developed from the DVB-T
(Terrestrial) standard that is used in many countries mainly around the
Europe. The documents for the physical layer were ratified in 2004 and the
upper layers were defined in 2005. It is an extension of DVB-T with some
backwards compatibility, i.e. it can share the same transmission multiplex
with DVB-T services.
This compatibility is an important feature of DVB-H, as many DVB-T systems
have already been launched in Europe and all over the world. This paper
contains results of recent development of Matlab application which allows
simulation of the DVBH channel coding and decoding in AWGN channel. The
simulation results are characteristics of the BER before Viterbi decoding and
BER after Viterbi decoding. Finally, dependence of the BER on the C/N
(Carrier-to- Noise Ratio) before and after Viterbi decoding are graphically
expressed, compared and discussed.

BLOCK DIAGRAM:

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Fig. 1. Block diagram of the channel coder of the DVB-H.

To create an appropriate algorithm which can simulate properties of the DVBH channel coding,
specified functions from Matlab Communication toolbox were used, as they
are optimized and simple to implement. The developed application is divided
into several independent functions. Each function represents one block of the
DVB-H system channel encoder, as it can be seen in the Fig. 1.

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:

Software Requirement Specification:

Operating System: Windows XP with SP2

Tool: MATLAB R2010, Version: 7.10.0

Hardware Requirement specification:

Minimum Intel Pentium IV Processor

Primary memory: 2 GB RAM,

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REFERENCES:
[1] ETSI, Technical Specification 102 377, Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
DVB-H Implementation Guidelines, v.1.4.1, 2009.
[2] DVB-H Fact Sheet (2009-04). Broadcasting to Handhelds. 2 pages.
[Online] Cited 2009-04-14. Available at: http://dvb-h.org/PDF/dvbh-factsheet.0409.pdf.
[3] POLK, L. DVB-H and DVB-SH Digital TV Broadcasting Standards and their
Characteristics Comparison. In Sbornk semine o een doktorskho
projektu Grantov agentury esk republiky . 102/08/H027. Brno (Czech
Republic), 2009, pp. 40-43.
[4] BORKO, A., SYED, A. Handbook of Mobile Broadcasting, DVB-H, DMB,
ISDB-T and MEDIAFLO. Taylor & Francis Group, LCC, 2008, 726 p., ISBN 978
1-42005386-9.
[5] COLLINS, G. W. Fundamentals of Digital Television Transmission. New
Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001, 267 p., ISBN 0-47- 39199-9.

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