CARL-ERIK W. SUNDBERG
President and Chief Scientist,
SundComm
Digital Audio and Video Broadcasting Methods
ABSTRACT: In this talk we will give a brief overview of the technology building blocks used in current and future digital audio and video broadcasting standards with emphasis on wireless transmission methods, media source coding, digital modulation and channel coding methods. First we will briefly talk about the early history of broadcasting and analog TV and AM, FM and SW radio. The emphasis is then on wireless digital broadcasting methods. We will briefly cover schemes such as digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DVB-T, DVB-H, DMB, ISDB-T), digital audio broadcasting, Eureka 147,HD Radio, Hybrid IBOC AM and FM, DMB, DRM, MediaFLO ), and satellite broadcasting systems, (S-DMB,DVB-S, Sirius and XM).
The US terrestrial digital audio broadcasting standard HD Radio will be discussed in some detail, especially the FM band version. In this context we cover some research areas in coding and modulation for the current version of the HD Radio standard as well as for future potential upgrades and modifications of this standard. This includes areas such as complementary punctured pair convolutional (CPPC) codes with optimized bit placement, List Viterbi Algorithms (LVAs) and MaxLogList Algorithms (MLLAs) for decoding as well as “Dirty Paper Coding” (DPC) type of precoding methods for simultaneous transmission of analog FM and digital data.
We will also briefly look at complementary methods of audio and video broadcasting such as cable and fiber transmission and internet streaming. Finally we will also discuss the convergence of digital broadcasting with 3G (e.g. Media Broadcast and Multicast Service, MBMS) and 4G cellular technologies as well as speculate about future broadcasting methods.
BIO: Carl-Erik W. Sundberg (S’69-M’75-SM’81-F’90) was born in Karlskrona, Sweden in 1943 and received the M.S.E.E. and the Dr. of Technology (PhD) Degrees from the University of Lund, Sweden in 1966 and 1975 respectively. During 1966 to 1975 he held various research and teaching positions at Lund University. In 1968 he served in the Swedish Navy. During 1976 he was an ESA Research Fellow at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
From 1977 to 1984 he was a Research Professor (Docent) in the department of Telecommunication Theory, University of Lund, Sweden. From 1984 to 2000 he was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA and during 2001 he was a DMTS at Agere Systems Research, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. He retired from Bell Labs/Agere in December 2001. Since 2002 he is President and Chief Scientist at SundComm, Sunnyvale, California, USA. During part of 2003, 2004 and 2005 he was a Visiting Professor at Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Since 2006 he is a visiting Senior Scientist at DoCoMo Labs, Palo Alto, California. He has published over 105 journal papers and contributed over 150 conference papers. Dr. Sundberg has over 120 US and international patents. Among his scientific and Technical contributions that have found real world applications can be mentioned constant amplitude modulation CPM for 2G GSM cellular, Circular Viterbi Tailbiting Decoding for 2G TDMA cellular, CPPC codes for US HD Radio, Multi-streaming for US HD Radio and Joint Program Audio Coding for US Digital Satellite Radio., Dr. Sundberg is a coauthor of Digital Phase Modulation, (New York: Plenum, 1986), Topics in Coding Theory, (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989) and Source-Matched Digital Communications (New York: IEEE Press, 1996).In 1986 he and his coauthor received the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society’s Paper of the Year Award and in 1989 he and his coauthors were awarded the Marconi Premium Proc. IEE Best Paper Award.
Two of his papers were selected for inclusion in the IEEE Communications Society 50th Anniversary Journal Collection in 2002 consisting of the 50 (actually 56) most influential papers published by IEEE Communications Society during its first 50 years (The Best of the Best, IEEE Press/Wiley 2007). He has been guest editor for IEEE Journal on Special Areas in Communications 1988-1989 (Coded Modulation) and 2004-2006 (4G Wireless). He is a Fellow of the IEEE since 1990 and is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America.
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