Enhanced Mobile Digital Video Broadcasting with Distributed Space-Time Coding

Ming Liu (1) , Matthieu Crussière (1) , Maryline Hélard (2) , Jean-François Hélard (2) , Youssef, Joseph Nasser (3)

1 IETR - Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes
2 IETR - Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique
3 ECE Department

This paper investigates the distributed space-time (ST) coding proposals for the future Digital Video Broadcasting--Next Generation Handheld (DVB-NGH) standard. We first theoretically show that the distributed MIMO scheme is the best broadcasting scenario in terms of channel capacity. Consequently we evaluate the performance of several ST coding proposals for DVB-NGH with practical system specifications and channel conditions. Simulation results demonstrate that the 3D code is the best ST coding solution for broadcasting in the distributed MIMO scenario.

Mots clés: Digital Video Broadcasting-Next Generation Handheld (DVB-NGH); distributed MIMO; space-time block code (STBC)

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Ming Liu, Matthieu Crussière, Maryline Hélard, Jean-François Hélard, Youssef, Joseph Nasser. Enhanced Mobile Digital Video Broadcasting with Distributed Space-Time Coding. ICC Workshop on Telecommunications: From Research to Standards, Jun 2012, Ottawa, Canada. pp.6971 - 6976, ⟨10.1109/ICC.2012.6364852⟩. ⟨hal-00763456⟩