RadioScape Leading the Race to Put DMB into Mobile Phones; Live Demo of End-to-End Multimedia Broadcast and Receiver Technologies.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 3GSM World Congress 2004 WorldDAB Booth H24 in Hall 3 LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2004 A hot topic at this year's 3GSM World Congress is the provision of data and video to mobile phones. Although 3G has been positioned as the technology that will bring such services to mobile phones, considerable interest is growing in using broadcast technologies as a more efficient method. The solution to achieving this according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. RadioScape, is to use the Eureka 147 DAB digital radio standard to deliver these services via DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) See mobile TV. (Digital Multimedia Broadcast). RadioScape will be demonstrating an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. on the WorldDAB booth, H24 in Hall 3, at the 3GSM World Congress. The first part is its popular software-based, Professional Digital Radio Broadcast System that encodes the real-time multimedia content using H264 or Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. 9 and transmits it using data rates as low as 40kbps for video. This will be received on Samsung and RadioScape prototype DMB receivers. The second part is the development of digital radio receivers that are small and low powered for integration into mobile devices such as phones, PDAs, etc. RadioScape will be showing for the first time its new RS250H micromodule that measures just 52 by 37 by 7 mm - very similar in size to a Compact Flash module. This is the world's first tri-band micromodule that delivers FM, RDS (1) (Remote Data Services) A set of programming interfaces from Microsoft that enables users to update data on the Internet or intranets from their ActiveX-enabled browser. , Band III Band III is the name of a radio frequency range within the very high frequency part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Band III ranges from 174 to 230 MHz, and it is primarily used for radio and television broadcasting. DAB and L-Band DAB for digital radio reception anywhere in the world. "DMB is an incredibly robust technology as it was specifically designed for accurate reception of multimedia on the move," explained Nigel Oakley, VP of Marketing at RadioScape. "There is a tremendous interest around the world, especially in Asia Pacific, in the ability to deliver data and video inexpensively to mobile receiving devices using DMB due to its ability to provide high quality services even in difficult reception conditions. Being based on the widely deployed Eureka 147 standard, means that it can be rapidly implemented and easily supported." RadioScape's software-defined digital radio receiver technology is based on Texas Instruments' DSPs and can enable many different mobile devices, such as mobile phones, to benefit from DMB technology. "RadioScape has a leadership position from being a prime provider of both broadcast and receiver technologies," concluded Nigel Oakley. "This gives an intimate, end to end total system knowledge that enables us to create innovative solutions and bring them to market ahead of our competition. RadioScape is uniquely positioned to make broadcast multimedia on the move a practical reality." Digital Multimedia Broadcast DMB transmits video and audio over a Eureka 147 DAB data channel and can handle all types of multimedia content such as Windows Media 9, MPEG-4 or RealVideo9 and includes Reed-Solomon Error Correction, Forney Interleaving interleaving - sector interleave , and ASI ASI, n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. or USP/IP or File Input. Extra Forward Error Correction A communications technique that can correct bad data on the receiving end. Before transmission, the data are processed through an algorithm that adds extra bits for error correction. If the transmitted message is received in error, the correction bits are used to repair it. further enhances the quality and stability of video transmission, which can be either a stream or a packet data channel, reinforcing DAB's ability to cope with error prone environments especially in a mobile environment. About RadioScape RadioScape(R) Ltd. is one of the world leaders For a list of heads of state, see . World leaders is a MMORPG. The game involves creating a state, joining an alliance and going into war. It is mostly played by players from Israel, China, USA, Britain, Brazil and Saudi-Arabia. in Software Defined(tm) solutions for Digital Radio applications. RadioScape simplifies the creation of wireless receivers and transmission infrastructure for digital radio, partners with Texas Instruments to create digital radio chips for consumer products, and designs its own family of DAB/FM modules including the RadioScape RS200(tm). Founded in 1996, RadioScape's investors include Royal Bank Ventures, Scottish Equity Partners, Atlas Venture, JAFCO, Texas Instruments, Yasuda Enterprise Development, iGlobe Partners, Psion and NTL NTL Nevertheless NTL National Transportation Library NTL Norsk Tjenestemannslag NTL National Training Laboratories NTL Never Too Late NTL Nothing to Lose NTL National Training Laboratory NTL None the Less NTL Number Theory Library . RadioScape is headquartered in London, England and also has an office in Singapore. For more information, please visit http://www.radioscape.com. |
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