Alcatel-Lucent's Proposal for Unlimited Mobile Tv: A Hybrid Satellite/terrestrial Broadcast Network Based on DVB-SH

For the broadcast component of an overall mobile TV solution, the authors propose to use DVB-SH, a new standard announced during 3GSM World Congress 2007 by DVB Project which is an evolution of the DVB-H standard in the 2.2 GHz frequency range. This evolution, thanks to the use of turbo codes, modified interleaving, S-band operation, and other improvements, allows flexibility to be offered using a hybrid satellite/terrestrial transmission system. On 14 February 2007, the European Commission also adopted a decision making the 2.2 GHz spectrum harmonized and available throughout Europe and giving approval that this spectrum can be used both by satellites and terrestrial networks.