Time Slicing

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Why Time Slicing?

DVB-T was for terrestrial users. DVB-T devices decodes whole data stream to obtain access to TV channel. No issue with power.

DVB-H is for hand held devices with limited battery power.

Technology targets mobile users. Necessity to obtain access from one transmission cell to

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Time Slicing

Time Slicing is based on time division multiplexing. Sends data in bursts using a higher bit rate. Within the current burst, the next time of the burst is indicated to the receiver (delta t).

Between the bursts the receiver is idle and no data is received.

Between the bursts the receiver may monitor neighboring cells.

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Time Slicing cont

Average bitrate Peak bitrate Burst size Burst time Burst cycle
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= 500 kb/s, = 10 Mb/s = 2 Mb (maximum allowed value) = 200 ms = 4 s.

Power Saving vs. Burst Bit Rate

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MultiProtocol EncapsulationForward Error Correction (MPE-FEC)

IP datagrams of each time sliced burst are protected by ReedSolomon parity data Allows a large reduction in required C/N on mobile channel. C/N performance is similar to what can be achieved using antenna diversity.

Penalty in terms of a reduced throughput, due to the overhead introduced by the MPE-FEC sections
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MPE-FEC Frame

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MPE-FEC cont

Number of rows - 256, 512, 768, or 1024. The number of columns is 191 for the ADT and 64 for the RS data table.

If an IP datagram does not end at the bottom of a column, the remaining bytes continue from the top of the next column.

If the IP datagrams do not exactly fill the ADT, the remaining byte positions are padded with zeros.

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