Description

Key Facts DVB (digital video broadcasting) provides a communications infrastructure for powerful transmission of MPEG-2-based data. Besides satellite-based (DVB-S), terrestrial (DVB-T) and cable-bound (DVB-C) transmission schemes, the latest version (DVB-H) is for portable/handheld terminals. DVB-H is an extension to DVB and is compatible with the basic concept of the standard. The extensions bring advantages that are especially important for portable devices: low power consumption, small hardware and robustness against fading effects. In recent years, mobile phones and video applications have merged more and more. Some years ago, the mobile phone was only a means of making phone calls, today one can watch TV on handheld devices. These new applications are becoming more and more important, and so Rohde & Schwarz now offers the DVB-H / DVB-T digital standard option for the generators of the R&S®SMU200A family. The R&S®SMU-K52 option allows customers to test both mobile communications standards (such as W-CDMA 3GPP FDD, TD-SCDMA, GSM/EDGE) and DVB-H or -DVB-T using only one signal generator. The creation of standard-compliant DVB-H or DVB-T signals with the R&S®SMU-K52 option is very simple.
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