CRC MMB Projects and Tools

Slide 1: CRC MMB Projects and Tools François Lefebvre Communications Research Centre, Canada CRA Seminar Sydney, November 2007

Slide 2: Organisation Communications Research Centre Canada Government of Canada Industry Department CRC Broadcast Branch Radio Systems (DAB, IBOC) Mobile Multimedia

Slide 3: Our Focus MMB System Integration R&D SYSTEM INTEGRATION ”Learning by Doing” Integrate, Test Evaluate, Validate Demonstrate

Slide 4: Our Methodology Mashups MASHUPS Innovate by: Tweak, Re-use, Remix Minimize effort Minimize budgets Prototype + Demo ASAP (NOT Product)

Slide 5: NOT Products Differences 24/7 99.99? availability System redundancy Operation friendliness End-user friendliness Overall efficiency Customer support Serviceability

Slide 6: End-to-end platform DAB/DMB The Foundation

Slide 7: E2E DAB/DMB Chain End-to-End

Slide 8: Software Stack Building Blocks

Slide 9: Commercial vs CRC Compact

Slide 10: Commercial vs CRC Low Cost

Slide 11: Mashups Many Projects CRC-DABMOD DMB Encoder   DAB Multiplexer Flute (IPDC)   DAB Receiver Soft MythTV: DMB IP Input   ETI Playout MOT, DLS,...   MMB Tools DAB / Wifi Hotspot   Web Appliances video4linux   Openmokast  CRC Tube  mmbTools Live CD 

Slide 12: CRC-DABMUX DAB/DMB Multiplexer

Slide 13: CRC-DABMUX Does not... Dynamic reconfiguration Configuration management Redundancy ...

Slide 14: CRC-DABMOD Software Modulator

Slide 15: USRP Universal Software Radio Peripheral GNU Radio  USRP  Open schematics  Many modulations  Modules for bands  www.ettus.com

Slide 16: Other Modulations Software Modulators DRM Offline with OSS DReaM Low-bitrate DVB-T Not Real-Time (CPU) HDD (Speed) USB (Speed)

Slide 17: CRC-DABMOD Does not... Only Mode II No Synchronisation (SFN) Minimum BER 1x10-6 ...

Slide 18: What We Do With Our Tools Examples

Slide 19: mmbtools.crc.ca The website

Slide 20: MOT-Slideshow WAPP mmbTools.crc.ca

Slide 21: CRC-ETI Streamer mmbTools.crc.ca

Slide 22: mmbTools Live CD Based on Ubuntu Ubuntu  CRC-DABMUX  CRC-DABMOD  CRC-ETI Streamer  Commercial DAB/DMB  encoder Inputs  Limited functionality 

Slide 23: What We Do With Our Tools Examples

Slide 24: CRC Tube Broadcasting the Best of YouTube Best YouTube clips  Automatic  Real-time updates  Titles overlay  Loudness equalisation  Video scaling 

Slide 25: CRC Tube A New Broadcast Paradigm?

Slide 26: Mobile Broadcasting Unlocking the MMB Ecosystem The Broadcasters' Mobile Phone ( www.OpenMokast.org )

Slide 27: The Mobile Ecosystem A Challenge for Broadcasting The Problem Controlled Networks Locked Devices Phones established in ”Pocket Real-Estate” MMB Services Threaten Carrier-Based BM ”Low $/bit delivery” The Consequences ? FTA TV, Radio, MMB not part of Mobile BM Weak position for Broadcasters The Solution The Internet Model

Slide 28: The Internet Model A Challenge for Broadcasting Application Agnostic Network ( network neutrality - rd 3 party innovation ) Independent Open Devices

Slide 29: The Broadcaster's Phone Unlock the MMB Ecosystem OSS-Based Device Broadcast Centric Services: TV, Radio Broadcast RSS Broadcast Website Traffic Info Emergency Alerts

Slide 30: Leading Projects Freeing the handsets google android www.trolltech.com www.openmoko.org

Slide 31: Software Frameworks A Matter of Stacks www.trolltech.com google android www.openmoko.org

Slide 32: Open Software Framework Freeing mobile communications

Slide 33: Open Software Framework Freeing mobile communications

Slide 34: CRC-DABRMS First Implementation

Slide 35: Conclusions CRC Projects Online Tools mmbTools Live CD Open HW support: USRP, FarSync Broadcasters' Mobile Phone Key enablers: OSS, Open HW A Basis for Collaboration ?

Slide 36: Thank You! www.crc.ca/mmb mmbTools.crc.ca openmokast.org francois.lefebvre@crc.ca