DVB-NGH (Digital Video Broadcasting - Next Generation Handheld) is the next generation technology for mobile TV broadcasting, which has been developed by the DVB project with the most advanced transmission technologies. DVB-NGH is the first broadcasting standard to incorporate multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) as the key technology to overcome the Shannon limit of single antenna communications. MIMO techniques can be used to improve the robustness of the transmitted signal by exploiting the spatial diversity of the MIMO channel, but also to achieve increased data rates through spatial multiplexing. This article describes the benefits of MIMO that motivated its incorporation in DVB-NGH, reviews the MIMO schemes adopted, and discusses some aspects related to the deployment of MIMO networks in DVB-NGH. The article also provides a feature comparison with the multi-antenna techniques for 3GGP's LTE/LTE-Advanced for cellular networks. Finally, physical layer simulation results calibrated within the DVB-NGH standardization process are provided to illustrate the gain of MIMO for the next generation of mobile TV broadcasting.
[1]
Stefania Sesia,et al.
LTE - The UMTS Long Term Evolution, Second Edition
,
2011
.
[2]
Heiko Schwarz,et al.
Overview of the Scalable Video Coding Extension of the H.264/AVC Standard
,
2007,
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology.
[3]
Peter Moss,et al.
A Simple Model of the UHF Cross-Polar Terrestrial Channel for DVBNGH
,
2011
.
[4]
Stephan ten Brink,et al.
Achieving near-capacity on a multiple-antenna channel
,
2003,
IEEE Trans. Commun..
[5]
Helmut Bölcskei,et al.
Performance of multiantenna signaling techniques in the presence of polarization diversity
,
2002,
IEEE Trans. Signal Process..
[6]
Siavash M. Alamouti,et al.
A simple transmit diversity technique for wireless communications
,
1998,
IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun..