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From the PresidentDear BTS Members:

I recently returnedfrom the FebruaryIEEE Board MeetingSeries in Scottsdale,Arizona, where Iattended meetings ofthe Society PresidentsForum, Technical

Activities Board (TAB), and MembershipDevelopment Committee (MDC). I alsoparticipated in a special GovernanceWorkshop focusing on ways to makeTAB more effective. As I begin my fifthyear as BTS President, this is also myfifth year as a voting member of TAB. So,I've had plenty of time to observe itsworkings. One of the things I’veobserved is the diversity of issues andconcerns across the 39 societies repre-

sented in TAB. So, I hope that any newapproach to governance will be able tobalance them effectively. The societiesrange in size from the fledgling ProductSafety Society, with fewer than 600 mem-bers, to the mammoth Computer Society,with nearly 100,000 members. So,achieving balance is tricky, at best. BTS –with just over 2,000 members – is nearthe small end of the scale. And, with ourlargely industry-based membership, weare often “fish out of water” with respectto many other societies that are moreacademic and research-oriented. But, I’llget back to that later.

While I was in Scottsdale, I receivedthe January IEEE Membership Develop-ment Progress Report. It containedsome good news for BTS, but with acaveat. I reported to you in my last col-

Over the past fewyears there hasbeen consider-able discussionabout the state ofthe BTS. We haveheard disturbingreports of dwin-dling member-

ship most likely due to a maturingof the technology and industry thathas been the focus of the Societyand the members that it attracts.Although the Society has served thedevelopment of the “broadcast

industry” well over the years it hadfailed in recent years to adapt tothe major changes in what broad-casting now encompasses. Aftersome initial hand wringing andthoughts that BTS might fade intooblivion, its leadership has put aconsiderable amount of effort intolooking at the root cause of thedecline and more importantly whatsteps could be taken to reverse thetrend and revitalize the BTS.

In looking at the content of thisnewsletter it appears that the effort

The technologies to deliver information and entertainment to audiences worldwide, at home and on the go.

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Volume 14, Number 1, Spring 2006

umn the good news that BTS member-ship appeared to have leveled off, aftera decade of steady decline. The furthergood news in the January report was

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InsideIEEE International Symposium onBroadband Multimedia Systems andBroadcasting 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3NAB 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7The Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Report of IEC/ISO/ITU World DesignStandards Cooperation ConferenceDigital Technologies in the Home . .8Chapter Activity Reports:

New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Taipei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Ottawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Perceived Use of DMB Cellular Phone 13Congrats New Senior Members . . . . .14Summary of 2005 IEEE/BTS AdComMeeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Visit the IEEE BTS Booth at NAB . . . . .15CTIA Wireless 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Call for Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17IEEE BTS Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

IEEE Broadband Multimedia Symposium

Program Inside!

Featuring keynote speeches byRoger Quayle, Chief Technology Offi-cer and a co-founder of IPWireless;

and Chuck Dages, Executive VP,Emerging Technology, Warner Bros.

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is paying off and that the patient hasbegun the road to recovery. In hisPresident’s column Tom Gurley hassome good news about membershipthat may in some part be due to thenew diversification of the activitiesof the BTS. It is also clear that weare emerging from your father’s BTSthat in recent years had many sayingwe should rename the BTS the RFSociety. In this issue we have a callfor papers for a special issue of ourtransact ions that wil l focus on“Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting”,an announcement for the BTS spon-sored IEEE International Symposium

on Broadband Multimedia Systemsand Broadcasting 2006 (April 6-7,2006 in Las Vegas), a call for papersfor the 2007 edition of that sympo-sium and an announcement for theIEEE/BTS Technology Tutorial“Delivering Television to HandheldDevices” to be presented at NAB2006 (April 24, 2006). We also havea paper related to market researchand acceptance of video delivery tocell phones in Korea and a report onthe IEC/ISO/ITU World StandardsCooperation Conference - Digital

IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Newsletter 2 Spring 2006

Newsletter Deadlines

The BTS Newsletter welcomes con-tributions from every member.Please forward materials you wouldlike included to the editor [email protected]. Here areour deadlines for upcoming issues:

Issue Due Date

Summer, 2006 April 20, 2006Fall, 2006 July 20, 2006Winter, 2006 October 20, 2006Spring, 2007 January 20, 2007

IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Newsletter (ISSN 1067-490X) is published quar-terly by the Broadcast Technology Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electron-ics Engineers, Inc. Headquarters address: 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY10017-2394. Sent at a cost of $1.00 per year to each member of the Broadcast Tech-nology Society. Printed in USA. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and atadditional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to: IEEE BroadcastTechnology Society Newsletter, IEEE, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855.

© 2006 IEEE. Information contained in this newsletter may be copied without per-mission provided that copies are not made or distributed for direct commercialadvantage, and the title of the publication and its date appear.

that our membership actually hadgrown by 2.7 percent over last year.This is especially noteworthy in that,overall, society memberships are down1.7 percent. In fact, of the 39 societies,only 13 had membership gains andonly five had larger percentage gainsthan BTS. But this good news for BTSmembership, in total, comes at theexpense of a 6.6-percent loss of studentmemberships, offsetting our 3.6-percentgain in higher-grade memberships. It'sinteresting that overall IEEE member-ship shows the opposite trend – studentmemberships are up 5.8 percent, buthigher-grade memberships are down1.2 percent, giving a net membershipincrease of only 0.2 percent. And, aswas pointed out in the MDC meeting,while membership from academia hasgrown, membership from those work-ing in industry has been declining. Thegeographic distribution is also interest-ing – the non-US IEEE membershipgrew by 2.5 percent over last year, butthe US membership declined by 1.4percent. So, IEEE's growth has comemostly from non-US student members.

The big caveat that came with thisMembership Report was that Januarynormally represents the peak month forIEEE membership in any given year,because January is the month immedi-ately prior to the running of the “termi-nator.” No, I’m not talking about there-election bid of the California gover-nor. The terminator is a software pro-gram that analyzes the membershipdatabase to find all members who havenot renewed for the current year and ter-

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minates their services. This program wasscheduled to run in late February, so I’llbe able to report the post-terminatormembership statistics to you next time.

Another aspect of IEEE’s membershipdemographics was cited by IEEE Presi-dent Mike Lightner – a former TAB VP –in a pair of passionate presentations atthe Governance Workshop and the Ple-nary Session preceding the TAB meet-ings in Scottsdale. Mike challenged theassembled IEEE volunteers to break outof what he perceived as a “same-old-same-old” complacency that perpetuates“our fathers’ IEEE,” and to create anorganization that attracts and serves thenew generations of technical profession-als. In particular, he noted that 75 per-cent of IEEE members are not engagedin research and development, and thatIEEE is not serving their needs – as evi-denced by the decline in membershipfrom industry that I cited earlier.

It was good to hear the IEEE Presi-dent express this view. But in some

respects, BTS is already ahead of thecurve on this. Our society’s membershipis more industry-oriented than most, andwe've already recognized the need formore practical, applications-related con-tent in our publications and conferences.Moreover, we know that our industry isno longer “our fathers’ broadcast indus-try.” We’re beginning to evolve, throughour Strategic Planning and our Initiativesin Mobile and Multimedia BroadcastingTechnology. Perhaps, if IEEE can evolveas Mike Lightner has challenged it to,our BTS volunteers will feel less like“fish out of water” in TAB and IEEE, andwe can achieve greater synergy byworking through common concernstogether, toward a mutual goal of pro-viding products and services of value toour members’ careers.

Tom GurleyPresident

IEEE Broadcast Technology [email protected]

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Spring 2006 3 IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Newsletter

IEEE International Symposium on BroadbandMultimedia Systems and Broadcasting 2006

"Mobile and handheld systems for entertainment on the go"

April 6-7, 2006

Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV USA

Sponsored by the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society

www.ieee.org/bts/multimedia

Broadcasting, consumer electronics, telecommunications and networking technologiesare rapidly converging to create new ways to broadcast rich media content to consumers

on the go, via portable devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and video players. This newindustry-oriented Symposium will bring together content originators and distributors,

wireless service providers, and technology developers and suppliers of equipment,systems, and consumer platforms – focusing on research and development, applications,

and implementation of mobile and portable multimedia systems.

Three simultaneous tracks of technical presentations on two full days:

Thursday, April 6

• Opening Plenary Addresses

- FLO Forum- Mobile DTV Alliance

• Applications & Implementation I- Spectrum &

Coverage Planning- Field Experience

• Research & Development I- Wireless Networks

- Diversity &Space-Time Coding

- Synchronization &Equalization

• Research & Development II- Video Processing

Friday, April 7

• Plenary Session

• Applications & Implementation II- System & Service Planning

- Consumer Platforms- Networks

• Research & Development III- Receiver RF Design

- Video/Audio Coding &Quality Assessment

- Video Compression• Research & Development IV

- Datacasting &Interactive Services

- Digital Radio &DTV Enhancement

Thursday Luncheon Keynote: Roger Quayle, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder, IPWireless

Friday Luncheon Keynote: Chuck Dages, Executive VP, Emerging Technology, Warner Bros. New Media

Registration includes Keynote Luncheons and Thursday evening Welcome Reception.

More information can be found at: www.ieee.org/bts/multimedia or at the Symposium registration desk in the

Las Vegas Hilton Pavilion, adjacent to the Convention Center.



Thursday, 6 April 2006

Opening PlenaryWelcoming Remarks Tom Gurley, IEEE-BTS

MediaFLO Technology Overview – From Lab Bench to Launch Kamil Grajski, Qualcomm & FLO Forum

Complementary Unicast/Broadcast/Podcast Topologies and OpenStandards in Mobile DTV

Yoram Solomon, Texas Instruments & MobileDTV Alliance

Applications & Implementation ISpectrum & Coverage Planning

Potential Frequency Bands for Deployment of Mobile BroadcastingApplications

Christine Di Lapi, Motorola

New Needs for Radio Network Planning for TV on Mobile:Convergence of Cellular and Broadcast Networks.

Dr. Yves Lostanlen, Siradel

Coverage Issues and System Planning for Mobile MediaBroadcasting

Dave Neff, Axcera

Field Experience

Making Mobile Broadcasting a Reality in the UK Hyacinth Nwana, Arqiva

ADTB-T Field Trials and Service Deployments in Shanghai Zhang Wenjun, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Handheld Digital TV Transmission Trial in Brazil Gunnar Bedicks, Jr., Mackenzie PresbyterianUniversity

Mobile Broadcast Testbed Development and Results Adrian Hornsby & Irek Defée, TampereUniversity of Technology

Multipath and Burst Error Characterization on IP Data Transmissionover ATSC DTV Channels

Wei Li, Communications Research CentreCanada

Empirical Findings on the Usage of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting(DMB) Cellular Phone

J. P. Shim, Mississippi State University

Research & Development IWireless Networks

RTP-Level Hybrid Error Correction (HEC) for DVB Systems inWireless Home Network

Guoping Tan, Saarland University

An Approach to Efficient and Reliable Media Streaming Scheme inMobile IPv6 Networks

Byungjoo Park, University of Florida

An MPEG-21-enabled Video Adaptation Engine for Universal IPTVAccess

Toufik Ahmed, University of Bordeaux

Diversity & Space- Time Coding

New Transmitter/Receiver Diversity Scheme in DVB-H systems overOutdoor and Indoor Environments

Yue Zhang, Brunel University

Implementing Antenna Selection in Wireless LAN Hongyuan Zhang, NC State University

Space-Time Block Coded OFDM-based Transmitters for MobileWireless Multimedia Applications

Steven Freear, University of Leeds



A Novel Frame Timing Synchronization Method for MIMO-OFDMSystems

Dong Wang, Philips Research USA

Synchronization & Equalization

Kahn EER Delay Mismatch Equalization for OFDM Applications Jorge Martires, BenQ Mobile

Frequency-Domain ICI Estimation, Shortening, and Cancellation forOFDM Receivers

Charles Sestok, Texas Instruments

Research & Development IIVideo Processing

Video Splicing for Tune-in Time Reduction in IP Datacasting overDVB-H

Mehdi Rezaei, Tampere University ofTechnology

A Layered Securing and Governing Approach for Scalable VideoContents Using MPEG-21 IPMP

Hendry Kim, Information & CommunicationsUniversity, Korea

Mobile Digital Video Broadcasting with Scalable Video Coding Jiho Park, Samsung Electronics

Data Processing for Portable 3D Displays Meriem Mazri and Amar Aggoun, BrunelUniversity

MPEG-1 Video Semi-Blind Watermarking Algorithm in the DWTDomain

Ersin Elbasi, The City University of New York

Power-Dependent Adaptation Algorithm for Mobile MultimediaNetworking

Janet Adams and Gabriel-Miro Muntean, DublinCity University

Friday, 7 April 2006

PlenaryINSTINCT: Towards a DVB-CBMS Compliant ConvergedBroadband Wireless Platform

John Cosmas, Brunel University

Broadband Multimedia in the Home Jin Zhang, Mitsubishi

Applications & Implementation IISystem & Service Planning

Bringing Video Content to Wireless Subscribers: The Need for aMobile TV Service Platform

Jean Macher, Thales

Motivation and Implementation of a Software H.264 Real-Time CIFEncoder for Mobile Devices

Gad Berger & Richard Goedeken, Thomson

3GPP Release 6 Codecs for Audio-Visual Broadcast Services Anisse Taleb, Ericsson Research

Consumer Platforms

Developing an H.264 Video Player for Windows Mobile Devices David Anderson, Thomson

Pocket TV: DVB-H Receiver and Mobile Phone Ranier Grossmann, BenQ Mobile

Handset System Architectures for Mobile DTV Rick Wietfeldt, Texas Instruments

Networks

DVB-H Over WLAN Guillaume Bichot, Thomson

A New Approach for Transmitting Localized Content within DigitalSingle Frequency Broadcast Networks

Gunther May & Peter Unger, BraunschweigTechnical University


The �-cellular DVB-T Dario Di Zenobio, Fondazione Ugo Bordoni

Research & Development IIIReceiver RF Design

A DVB-T Receiver Suitable for RF-SOC Rajitha Bandara Palipana, Curtin University ofTechnology

A Low Power DVB-H Zero-IF Tuner IC Design in BiCMOS 0.25�mTechnology for Mobile TV Reception

Sebastien Amiot, Philips Semiconductors

Analysis, Realisation and Measurement of Broadband MiniatureAntennas for Digital TV Receivers in Handheld Terminals

Martin Buchholz, University of Applied Sciences,Saarbruecken

Video/Audio Coding & Quality Assessment

MPEG Surround -- Multichannel Audio for Portable and MobileDevices

Stefan Meltzer, Coding Technologies

AMR-WB+: Low Bit Rate Audio Coding for Mobile Multimedia Kalervo Kontola, Nokia Research Center

Subjective Video Quality Estimation Nuno Martins, Siemens SA

Video Streaming over 1xRTT CDMA Networks Characterization andOptimization

Jim Black, Sprint-Nextel

Video Compression

Wavelet Video Coding Using a New Method to Reduce GOPBoundary Artifacts

Demin Wang, Communications ResearchCentre Canada

New Linear Loop Convolution for Improving Energy Compaction inWavelet Transform of Image

JoonHyeon Jeon, DongGuk University

Side Information Generation for Low Complexity Video CodingSystems Based on Wyner-Ziv Theorem

Ligang Lu, IBM

Research & Development IVDatacasting & Interactive Services

Use of CDMA200 and WCDMA for the Digital Television ReturnChannel

Marcelo S. Alencar, Institute for AdvancedStudies in Communications

Performance Evaluation of DVB-RCT Standard Andre Reis, University of Brazil

A Modular Approach for a Java-based Service Framework in HybridNetworks

Frank Klinkenberg, Braunschweig TechnicalUniversity

Identification of Critical Degrading Parameters in a On-BoardProcessing Satellite for Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)

Junghwan Kim, University of Toledo

Digital Radio and DTV Enhancement

A New 1/4-Rate Modulation Technique for Enhanced-xVSB System Sung Hoon Kim, ETRI

The Performance Analysis of Backward Compatible Modulation withHigher Spectrum Efficiency for DAB Eureka 147

Dr. Chih-Yang Kao, Industry TechnologyResearch Institute

Local Radio Coverage Using the Digital Radio MondialeInternational Standard: Time Variability Characterization

Pablo Angueira, University of the BasqueCountry




The Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)by Jules Cohen, IEEE Life Fellow, COMAR BTS Liaison Member

COMAR was formed in 1972 as a com-mittee under the auspices of the Tech-nical Activities Board (TAB) of theIEEE in recognition of the fact that no“formally constituted body of scientistsexisted in the United States with a col-lective expertness in physical, engi-neering, biological, and medicalaspects of nonionizing electromagnet-ic radiation.” After approximatelytwenty-five years of operation underTAB sponsorship, COMAR found anew home as a Technical Committeeof the IEEE Engineering in Medicineand Biology Society (EMBS). A Com-mittee Charter was approved by theEMBS AdCom on March 27, 1998.

The Charter defines the COMARprimary area of interest to be: “[T]hebiological effects of non-ionizing elec-tromagnetic energy, examining andinterpreting the biological effects, andpresenting its findings in an authorita-tive and professional manner.” Fur-ther, the Charter states that “COMAR isnot charged to establish safety stan-dards per se, although it will have aninherent interest in the standards

activities within its scope.” Member-ship in the Committee consists of twoclasses: Elected Members and LiaisonMembers. At present, the Committeehas 36 Elected Members and ten Liai-son Members. An attempt is made tomaintain a balance among its engi-neering, physical sciences and life sci-ences constituencies. Membership inthe IEEE is not required (except forofficers) but it is encouraged.

COMAR meets twice yearly. Itsmeetings are coordinated with thoseof the International Committee onElectromagnetic Safety (ICES) sincevirtually all COMAR members are alsomembers of ICES subcommittees. ICESreports to the IEEE Standards Boardand develops the RF exposure stan-dards published and sold by the IEEE.

COMAR’s principal output is repre-sented by Technical Information State-ments that are published in the IEEEEngineering in Medicine and BiologyMagazine. Titles include: “The IEEEExposure Limits for Radio Frequencyand Microwave Energy”, “Electromag-netic Hypersensitivity”, “Use of ‘Pro-

tective Devices’ for Cellular Tele-phones”, “Human Exposure to RadioFrequency and Microwave Radiationfrom Portable and Mobile Telephonesand other Wireless CommunicationsDevices”, “Safety Issues Associatedwith Base Stations Used for PersonalWireless Communications”, “PossibleHazards from Exposure to Power Fre-quency Electric and Magnetic Fields”,“Radio Frequency Interference withMedical Devices”, “Biological Effectsof Electric and Magnetic Fields fromVideo Display Terminals”, and “PublicExposure to Radio Frequency Fieldsfrom High Definition Television(HDTV) Broadcasting”. In preparationis a TIS on exposure of medical per-sonnel to electromagnetic fields fromopen Magnetic Resonance ImagingSystems.

Reports on other topics andresponses to misleading comments rel-ative to RF exposure have been pre-pared and printed in such places asIEEE Spectrum. Some Technical Infor-mation Statements have been translat-ed to Spanish for wider circulation.

Report of IEC/ISO/ITU World Standards CooperationConference on Digital Technologies in the Home

Jinyun Zhang, Mitsubish Electric Research Labs, BostonYiyan Wu, Communications Research Centre Canada

The World Standards Cooperation(WSC) conference on February 2 – 3,2006, in Geneva, was organized andsponsored by the International Elec-trotechnical Commission (IEC), Inter-national Standard Organization (ISO),and International TelecommunicationsUnion (ITU). It was targeted at high-level representatives of the majorplayers in digital technologies in thehome. IEEE BTS was invited as a rep-resentative of the broadcasting indus-try to participate in the conferenceand give a presentation. The Euro-pean Broadcast Union (EBU) was theother participant from the broadcast

industry. There were about eightydelegates from different industry sec-tors and standards bodies, includingBT, BellSouth, Canon, ETRI, KDD,Hitachi, HP, Huawei, Honeywell, NEC,NIST, Nokia, Nortel, NTT, Panasonic,Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Siemens,Sony, SUN, TI, Telecom Italia, Toshi-ba, IEEE-SA, ITU, HomePA, DSLForum, and IEEE 802.15.

As the Broadcast Technology Soci-ety representatives, we found themeeting was timely and very produc-tive. We heard various talks and dis-cussions regarding digital hometechnologies, different standards,

industry organization activities, marketneeds, trends and related issues. TheIEC, ISO and ITU-T plan to follow-upthese discussions. Jinyun Zhang alsogave a presentation on “Wireless Mul-timedia Home Applications” in the“In-Home Networking” session. Thetalk attracted a high level of attentionand generated a number of follow-updiscussions. The representatives fromthe IEEE Standards Board wereimpressed with our contribution. Fol-lowing are some highlights from theconference.

This conference is the secondworkshop on international standards.



The first conference was held in 2004on medical technologies. The focus ofthis WSC conference was digital hometechnologies. The objectives of theconference were:• Highlight the strategic role of stan-

dards within this sector• Analyze investment in standardiza-

tion infrastructures• Identify the key role standards can

play from participants’ differentperspectives

• Review the present situation identi-fying key strengths of differentstandards development processesand their added-value as well aspossible improvements

• Provide inputs on priorities andapproaches to be undertaken forthe futureApproximately 100 attendees from

19 countries participated. They repre-sented all major players in the sectorincluding IEC, ISO, ITU-T, IEEE SAand IEEE BTS, DLNA, ECHONET,DVB, CEPCA (a PLC alliance), DSLForum, HomePNA, ZigBee/IEEE802.15, and key CE manufacturers.

There were six sessions consistingof: (1) Access to the Home, (2) In-Home Networking, (3) Content Man-agement, (4) Management ofEquipment in the Home, (5) BestPractices, and (6) StandardizersReview. There were also two keynotespeeches. One was on NetworkingAccess given by Alan McGuire fromBT, and the other was on Applica-tions, given by Hitomi Murakami, VicePresident and General Manager of theIT Development Division of KDDI.

In the opening address, AharonAmit, IEC General Secretary, statedthat the goal was to improve efficien-cy of the work by identifying and pri-oritizing the issues requiringstandardization, and seeking inputs onwhat is needed for standardizationand when it is needed.

In the Networking Access keynotespeech, Alan McGuire from BT indi-cated that, from the application pointof view, traffic bandwidth is growing.However, the cost, based on the cur-rent solution, is also rising very fast..

To maintain bandwidth growth, whilekeeping cost under control, is a chal-lenge. He suggested a solution ofusing long reach Passive Optical Net-works (PON) to integrate the accessnetwork with backhaul so intermedi-ate equipments, interfaces and nodescan be eliminated.

During the session on “Access tothe Home” the DSL representative pre-sented an overview on DSL and indi-cated that the DSL Forum is focusingon solutions such as ADSL2plus &VDSL, IP-based broadband networkarchitecture (WT-101) and so on. Thenext speaker was Yoichi Maeda fromNTT and ITU-SG15 talked about theFTTH (fibre to the home). Based onhis talk, in Japan, DSL and cablemodem growth showed signs of satu-ration. The FTTH is an idea accesssolution for future digital home andcan provide up to 100 Mbps per homeuser. It is important to have unifiedspecifications for components and sys-tems. The CEPCA (power line) chairgave an overview of CEPCA, empha-sized the goal is to ensure a healthyPLC market, not focus on only onePLC technology, but co-existence ofmultiple PLC technologies. Mr. Mat-sumoto from NEC presented a cableperspective on access to the home.

The “In-Home Networking” Sessionincluded: Bob Heile, the chair of theZigBee Alliance and IEEE 802.15, gavean overview on wireless technologiesfor home networking, including802.11, 802.15, ZigBee and Bluetooth.He was followed by Richard Nesin,the president of HomePNA, whotalked about multimedia home net-working over coax and phone line.HomePNA V3 is now moving towardshigh volume production, and it canoffer 95 Mbps user throughput over6,000 feet for coax and 2,000 feet forphone line. IEEE BTS’ representativeJin Zhang talked about wireless multi-media applications and indicatedfuture applications require up to 2-3Gbps wireless communications.Besides other issues, interferencemanagement is needed for both in-home and inter-home. Cognitive

radio is a candidate solution. In the Application keynote speech,

Mr. Murakami from KDDI pointed outthat mobile broadband has been animportant part of network access.Therefore, it is important to determinewhat content is to be produced andwho manages the digital rights.

Four panel speakers discussed the“Content Management” session,including the challenges for homegateway, introduction of HGI’s solu-tion, home services, DRM and itsinteroperability. The Coral Consortiumis to build an interoperability frame-work to work across different DRMsystems.

In the session of “Management ofEquipment in the Home”, WayneDaniel from Siemens discussed theissue of remote device management(RDM) using a DSL network. A speak-er from Toshiba and ECHONET point-ed out that over 3 million “ECHONETready” appliances have already beenshipped to the market, and they havecreated a new “life service solution”market. Heinz Lux introduced the EN500090, a standard for home & build-ing control based on KNX technology.Mr. Okamura from Panasonic dis-cussed future DTV receivers. He high-lighted high speed connectivityrequirements such as IEEE 1394 andHDMI. Also, there are some newtrends including multi-room access toTV content, mobility access, DTV cen-tric network or server centric network.

The last session was on “Best Prac-tices” which included a summary ses-sion and panel discussion.

Scott Smyers, VP, Network & SystemArchitectures, Sony, and President ofDLNA (Digital Living NetworkAlliance), first gave a keynote speechon DLNA, which was established in2003 by 17 companies. The objectivesof the 272-member organization are theinter-operability based on open stan-dards and established standards. Thisgroup published the V1.0 guidelines in2004. Current activities include design-ing guidelines for interoperable prod-ucts and developing liaisons with otherindustry standards bodies



Nobuyoshi Ando of Hitachi, Vice-chairman of ECHONET (Energy Con-servation and Homecare NETwork),presented an overview of ECHONET.Edgar Wilson, DVB Commercial Mod-ule, introduced the DVB standards andactivities. DVB is an industry initiative– not a standards body. All specifica-tions are approved by consensus andall standards are based on commercialrequirements

Finally, Leonardo Chiariglione(MPEG chair), Digital Media Strategist,CEDEO.net, reviewed MPEG’s historyand evolutions. The Moving PictureExperts Group (MPEG) is a workinggroup of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29, estab-lished in 1988, meeting quarterly with300 experts from 25 countries. It cre-ated standards for digital media

including, among others, audio/videocompression, system aspects, applica-tion driven aspects, video and audiodescription, digital items, and IP man-agement and protection. The objectiveof MPEG is to define the digital medialayer for all industries. The evolutionhas been: MPEG 2 → MPEG 4 →MPEG 7 → MPEG 21 → MPEG →, etc.

During the discussion session,attendees suggested that it is benefi-cial to have such meetings periodical-ly, that coordination of variousstandardization bodies is necessary,and that it is advantageous to desig-nate someone to combine all relatedbodies into one comprehensive pic-ture to identify any overlaps andgaps. It was also suggested that, per-haps, there should be an organization

created to facilitate cooperationamong the bodies without creating anew entity/body but, perhaps, using aspecific group to ensure coordination.

During the wrap-up and summarysession, all of the issues raised duringthe presentations and discussions weresummarized, and the ISO SecretaryGeneral indicated that ISO will takeactions to follow-up on this meeting.Houlin Zhao (ITU-T director) suggest-ed that ITU-T, IEC and ISO need topromote their organizations’ servicesand benefits more effectively. Any con-sortium without a strong person incharge cannot survive, he said. ITU-TJCA welcomes people to participate intheir initiatives in home networkingtechnologies. The topics for the nextset of initiatives are RFID and IPTV.

Activity Report: IEEE BTS New York Chapterby Warner W. Johnston, Chair

The IEEE BTS New York Chapter willbe participating in Engineering Expo06, which is an exposition for the pur-pose of interesting high school stu-dents in any and all forms ofengineering and technology. Theregional chapters of the National Soci-ety of Professional Engineers and theAmerican Society of Civil Engineershave developed Engineering Expo 06as a means to allow interested stu-dents in the lower Hudson Valleyregion to meet representative of thesome of the nation’s leading learninginstitutions, professional societies, andbusinesses. By having representatives

of the New York BTS Chapter sharingtheir knowledge, the hope is toinspire young science and math stu-dents to pursue a career in engineer-ing. This engineering expo is anexcellent opportunity for students andtheir parents to discover and visit dis-plays and interactive exhibits focusingon higher learning opportunities inengineers to meet the challenges oftoday and the future. In addition atleast four credit earning seminars willbe held for New York ProfessionalEngineers.

The New York Section of the IEEEwill have a booth at this event which

will be staffed by: GOLD representa-tives; Student Activities represented byChair Balvinder Blah; Women in Engi-neering represented by Chair DarleneRivera; the BTS by Chair Warner W.Johnston; the Tappan-Zee Subsectionrepresented by Chair Robert Pellegri-no; and representatives of the IEEENew York Section.

Engineering Expo 06 will be heldat Dominican College, 470 WesternHighway, Orangeburg, NY on SundayApril 2, 2006 from 11 AM o 4 PM.

For additional information, visit theEngineering Expo 06 web page athttp://www.engineeringexpo.org.

Activity Report: IEEE BTS Japan Chapterby Keiichi Kubota, Chair

BTS Japan Chapter had six joint meet-ings below with the Institute of ImageInformation and Television Engineers(ITE) below during 2005.

On January 27 to 28, 2005 atFukuoka Institute of Technology,Fukuoka, Japan. There were 34 techni-cal presentations including 24 presen-

tations by young students on generaltopics for broadcasting technology.

On February 18, 2005 at NHKHiroshima Station, Hiroshima, Japan.There were 6 technical presentationson digital broadcasting and HDTV,especially for program production for5.1 surround audio system.

On February 25 to 26, 2005 atHotel Sunshine Kinugawa, Tochigi,Japan. There were 13 technical pre-sentations including 7 presentationsby young students on general topicsfor broadcasting technology.

On June 24, 2005 at Japan Societyfor the Promotion of Machine Industry,



Tokyo, Japan. There were 4 technicalpresentations on digital broadcastingand equipment for digital broadcasting.

On July 28 to 29 2005 at HokkaidoUniversity, Sapporo, Japan. Therewere 17 technical presentations ontransmission and reception technologyfor digital broadcasting.

On October 6 to 7, 2005 at Univer-sity of Fukui, Fukui, Japan. Therewere 17 technical presentations on

digital broadcasting and antennas.BTS Japan Chapter is planning to

have six joint meetings below with theInstitute of Image Information andTelevision Engineers (ITE) during 2006.

On January 19 to 20, 2006 at NHKFukuoka Station, Fukuoka, Japan.

On February 10, 2006 at NHKHiroshima Station, Hiroshima, Japan.

On February 24 to 25, 2006 at HotelTsubakien, Oshima, Tokyo, Japan.

On June 24, 2006 at Japan Societyfor the Promotion of Machine Indus-try, Tokyo, Japan.

On July 28 to 29, 2006 at Hokkai-do University, Sapporo, Japan.

On October 6 to 7, 2006 inTohoku Region, Japan.

For information on the Japan Coun-cil BTS Chapter, visit web site:http://www.ieee-jp.org/japancouncil/index_e.htm

Activity Report: IEEE BTS Taipei Chapterby Ying Li, Chair

A special joint event was held by the BTSTaipei Chapter with the China RadioAssociation (CRA) on November 20, 2005at Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Tai-wan to celebrate the 50th anniversary ofCRA (http://www.cra.org.tw/ V50CRA/En/En-Main.aspx). A strong link existsbetween the CRA (members are mostlyengineers at TV and Radio broadcastingstations) and the IEEE BTS Taipei Chap-ter. In fact our Chapter was founded byseveral members of CRA. The November

20, 2005 event had over 110 attendeesand featured an invited presentation byProfessor S. T. Peng who is an IEEE Fel-low, Professor Peng is also head of theCommunications Research Center and aProfessor in the Communications Engi-neering Department of Yuan Ze Universi-ty, Chungli, Taiwan.

Professor Peng’s lecture, titled“Future Trend of Wireless Communica-tions”, described issues on wirelesscommunications for automobiles (see

Fig. 1). For example, in order to deliv-er specific content to specific vehicle,the required location information canbe collected from the vehicle’s GPSbut must be refined by base stationsor roadside beacon information. Voicerecognition and noise suppression arealso very important. Another challengelies in system integration. The on-board unit (OBU) may need to includeCellular, WLAN, DVB, DAB, GPS, andpossibly other consumer electronics

Meeting at Fukuoka Institute ofTechnology on Jan., 2005.

Meeting at Hokkaido University onJuly, 2005.

Meeting at University of Fukui on Oct.,2005.

Fig. 1 Professor Song-Tsuen Peng, IEEE fellow, gave thespeech “Future Trend of Wireless Communications”

Fig. 2 Attendees at the lecture on the future trend of wirelesscommunications



functions. Space, cost, and powerconsumption are all important issues.

Attendees of this special event(Fig. 2) included many distinguishedengineers who played important rolesin the development of broadcastingand communications in Taiwan. Pre-sent at this event was 91 year old TimChen who was the first chairman of

CRA and the first person in Taiwan tohold an amateur radio license. Hisstation (call sign BV2A, Morse codeonly) was the only amateur radio sta-tion in Taiwan for a period of timeand was widely referred to as the“light house”. In 1974 a single sideband transceiver was obtained (callsign BV2B) and voice communica-

tions became possible. I had the priv-ilege to see these two stations and theantennas on the rooftop (Tim prac-ticed Tai-Chi there also).

A stand was setup to promote theIEEE BTS during this event. Newslet-ters, membership applications, andcall for papers were displayed togeth-er with a brief introduction of IEEE.

Activity Report: IEEE Ottawa Joint BTS/ComSocChapter

by Bahram Zahir, Chair

During 2005, the BTS/ComSoc JointChapter in Ottawa organized and con-ducted several full day seminars. Theseminars were focused on a variety ofdomains including: • IPv6; • Software Defined Radio (SDR); • Wireless Applications.

Each seminar day consisted of sev-eral presentations by speakers wellknown in their field of expertise. Theseminars were generally followed bydiscussions related to the topics thatwere presented.

We also conducted a few seminarswith one speaker, such as a tutorialon SONET and a talk on “MovingWired VoIP Services to the WirelessDevice.”

The BTS/ComSoc Joint Chapter, inaddition, continues excellent collabo-ration with various local research cen-ters (such as CommunicationsResearch Centre Canada), a numberof affinity groups and companies suchas the Ottawa Wireless Cluster, Moda-Solutions, and Knowledge Bridge, toname a few.

In June 2005, during theBTS/ComSoc series of seminars,Bahram Zahir assumed his newduties as Chair of the BTS/ComSocChapter. In addition, the BTS/Com-Soc Joint Chapter maintains closecooperation with Robert Crawhallwho has been appointed as the newdirector of the Ottawa WirelessResearch Alliance (OWRA).

For more information about theIEEE Ottawa Section, visit their webpage at http://ottawa.ieee.ca/wel-come.html

Technologies in the Home in whichthe BTS was a participant.

Furthermore, there are activityreports from a number of our chaptersfrom around the world where we cansee that they are also participating inpresentations, seminars and symposiaon subjects that have not previouslybeen considered as related to our tradi-tional view of the broadcast industry.In addition Jules Cohen, IEEE Life Fel-low and long time BTS member hasprovided a paper that provides a histo-ry and updates us on activities of TheCommittee on Man and Radiation(COMAR); although, this is not a newactivity for the BTS it further shows thatwe are involved in areas beyond the

traditional aspects of “broadcasting”.And finally as I look at the Call

for Papers for our annual Washing-ton, DC fall Symposium, the subjectsmentioned as possible topics morethan ever before show the changinginterests of out industry and theBTS. All of these clearly show thatthe BTS is moving in a new and Ibelieve a better and necessary direc-tion that is sure to broaden ourmembership appeal while betterserving our current members.

And lastly for those who havewondered exactly what your AdComhas been up to the past year, we havea summary of the minutes from theirmeetings. This form is a departure

from past practice where we justprinted minutes. I believe and I hopeyou agree that this is a better way tokeep you informed of the AdCom’sactivities and to spare you the time ittakes to read the “blow-by-blow” hap-pening of the meetings.

As always let us hear from youand also remember to mark your cal-endars for the Fall Symposium to beheld in September this year (27-29Sept. 2006) and the IEEE Internation-al Symposium on Broadband Multi-media Systems and Broadcasting 2007(March 28 – 29, 2007 in Orlando, FL).

Bill [email protected]

From the Editor continued



Perceived Use of DMB Cellular Phoneby J.P. Shim, Kyungmo Ahn, Julie M. Shim, and Sungmin Park

INTRODUCTION Korea’s introduction of digital multi-media broadcasting (DMB), video-on-the-go services that delivertelevision to cell phones, has markeda milestone in the world of technolo-gy. DMB cellular phones, dubbedas, “takeout TV” or “cellevision”, is amulticast process that captures digitalbroadcasts and delivers multimediato mobile devices in motion, includ-ing mobile phones, PDAs, in-auto-mobile devices. Known for theirearly adopter behavior, the con-sumers in Korea provide optimaltest-beds for mobile operators andmanufacturers.

The history of DMB began withU.S. and European countries’ develop-ment of the DAB services around mid-1990s. DMB is based on Digital AudioBroadcasting (DAB), which is basedon the Eureka 147 DAB radio stan-dard. The DMB technology is aprocess of broadcasting multimedia tothe mobile phone at any location andany time, even in motion. The DMBcell phone users receive content andprograms through satellites, towers, orthrough “gap-fillers” to ensure that noreception problems exist, even inunderground subways.

DMB is characterized by two sub-types which are satellite-DMB (S-DMB) and terrestrial-DMB (T-DMB).S-DMB is based on videos beamedfrom a communication satellite whileT-DMB works on receiving over-the-air signals. Korea is the only countryto provide both satellite and terrestri-al DMB services to cellular phoneswhile in motion (in-automobiledevices). DVB-H, similar to T-DMB,broadcasts digital mobile TV via ter-restrial signals to handheld terminaldevices. The DVB-H technology hasbeen adopted as the standard inEurope, and is gaining popularity aspilot tests are conducted across theU.S. and Europe. QualComm’s Medi-aFLO was designed to rival the tech-nology of DMB and DVB-H.

Figure 1 displays the evolution ofbroadcasting technologies, focusing onthe use of such technologies rather thanthe technological development. Theevolution of broadcasting technologiesover the years illustrates the progress ofdigitalization and platform convergencein the communications sector.

Figure 1. Evolution of BroadcastingTechnologies

Note: MediaFLO expects to begincommercial operation of the new

network in 2006.

To determine how integral DMBphones were and will be utilized inthe daily lives of the users, the authorsdeveloped a questionnaire. Theresearch instrument underwent twopretests to ensure the content validity.A five point Likert-type scale as ameasurement of attitudes (e.g., agreeor disagree with a given statement)was used for recording the responses.

DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS

264 usable research instruments werecollected from respondents, and werewell represented in terms of gender, age,

and occupation. Of those respondents,62.2% were satisfied with their currentDMB service whereas 30.3% consideredthe DMB service mediocre. The currentusers accessed their DMB phones fornews headlines, leisure & tourism, shop-ping, games, and education.

The results also indicated thatamong the sample respondents, thenon-users considered the followingfactors would be essential in selectinga new DMB mobile phone: 1) priceof DMB phone, 2) video quality, 3)program content, 4) quality of hand-set, and 5) ease of navigation/use.The following independent variablesdetermined DMB services: price,usage time, and program content.The dependent variable was: service.Overall, the model provides a validrepresentation of the data and theconstructs are reliable (note that Cron-bach’s alpha as a reliability coefficientshowed 0.73). The price factor of theDMB phone usage was not an issue ifthe user perceived the DMB programcontent to be valuable. In otherwords, the users believed that high-quality and useful DMB program con-tent would offset the highly pricedDMB phone price/usage cost.

The users were asked to rate theimportance of price issues of the DMBhandset and related service fees,which included price per programcontent, price per usage time, andprice of the DMB handset. The meanresponse among the teens was 4.46(on a scale of 1=unimportant and5=very important), 4.23 for 20s, 4.33for 30s, 4.00 among the older genera-tion (40s and older). Of all the agegroups, the teens placed highest prior-ity on the price of the DMB handsetand related services. The users wereasked to rate the importance ofaccess/usage time issues of DMB serv-ices such as access time, airtime, andhands-on navigation time with theDMB handset and services. The meanresponse among the teens was 4.02,3.73 for 20s, 3.82 for 30s, 3.86 for 40s



The new BTS Senior Members elevated since 1 January 2006 are:

Timothy J. AmsdonDallas Section

M. A. MickChicago Section

Keeyoung SuhSanta Clara Valley Section

Robert WellerSan Francisco Section

Edmund A. WilliamsNorthern Virginia Section, BTS AdCom Member

Congratulations to Three BTS Members RecentlyElevated to Senior Member Level!

and older. The analysis of variance(ANOVA), which is designed to testfor significant difference betweenmeans, showed that there was not asignificant difference between agegroups. All groups placed similaremphasis on the importance of DMBaccess/usage time.

The users were asked to rate theimportance of DMB program contentincluding video content quality, audiocontent quality, and a content selectionquality. The mean response amongteens was 4.69, 4.29 for 20s, 4.30 for 30s,and 4.32 for 40s and older. The teensplaced highest emphasis on DMB pro-gram content quality. The users wereasked to rate the importance of DMBservices such as credibility and after-war-ranty service provided by the DMBequipment maker or service providerand the performance of the DMB phonedevice. The teens placed highest empha-sis on the DMB services provided.

CONCLUSIONThe DMB technology will have a greatimpact on us as our personalized digitaltool. Given the demand for ubiquitouscomputing in an instant gratificationseeking population, the desire for DMBwill be growing. DMB may become apersonal entertainment device similar totoday’s radio in the long run. TheDMB market strategy will benefit bestby targeting the next untapped market– teenagers – as this age group is seenas the most lucrative wireless marketfor the next several years. Since theseteenagers view phones as a primarymode of socializing, they expect theconvergence of entertainment and cellphones. This expectation intensifiescompetition among telecommunicationand related companies to bring outmore personalized and sophisticatedentertainment devices.

The cellular service industry is cur-rently facing many complex issues,

which span technical, logistical, social,and cultural issues. This situationrequires cooperation among the cellularand network service providers, the serv-ice developers, and the equipment mak-ers, to collaborate with the governmentand users to create continuing growth inthe cellular telecommunications industry.

A complete paper with referencesis available upon request by contact-ing Professor J. P. Shim [email protected].

About the authors:Professor J. P. Shim is with the Depart-ment of Management & InformationSystems at Mississippi State UniversityUSA, Kyungmo Ahn is an Assistant Pro-fessor at Kyunghee University, SeoulKorea, Julie M. Shim is a Project Man-ager at Soldier Design in Cambridge,Massachusetts, USA, and Sungmin Parkis a Researcher at Brunel University,Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK.

IEEE Senior Members are honoredmembers of the IEEE organization.We hope you’ll consider joining theranks of Senior Members. IEEE BylawI-105.3 sets forth the criteria for ele-vation to Senior Member Grade, asfollows:

“… a candidate shall be an engi-neer, scientist, educator, technical

executive or originator in IEEE-desig-nated fields. The candidate shallhave been in professional practice forat least ten years and shall haveshown significant performance over aperiod of at least five of those years.”

When you become a Senior Mem-ber, you will receive a bronze andwood plaque, a letter to your employ-

er (upon request), $25 towards a newSociety Membership, the recognitionof your peers, and the opportunity tobecome an executive IEEE volunteer.Visit http://www.ieee.org/seniormem-ber for more information. If youwould like to become a Senior Mem-ber and need some help, please con-tact [email protected]


The IEEE BTS will be staffing a boothduring the NAB Convention in theSouth Hall Lobby. The booth will beopen daily during the Broadcast Engi-neering Conference and exhibit hours.

You are invited to visit the IEEE

BTS Booth and bring your colleagueswhere you can meet with the BTSrepresentatives and learn about BTSSymposiums, Conferences and newinitiatives. The BTS representativeswill be glad to answer any questions

you may have and also tell you aboutopportunities to participate on theBTS AdCom or its Committees. TheBTS Staff will be glad to meet withprospective members and explain thebenefits of joining the IEEE and BTS.


The IEEE Broadcast Technology Soci-ety (BTS) conducted three regularAdCom meetings during 2005. Pre-sented below is a summary of thosemeetings.

April 2005 – Las Vegas, Nevada,USA: The AdCom received a presenta-tion by its new 2005-2006 Division IVDirector , Stuart Long, a Member ofthe Antennas and Propagations Society(AP). He provided an overview of theIEEE and answered questions regard-ing governance by the IEEE TechnicalActivities Board. Dr. Elena Gerstmann,Director of IEEE Strategic Researchand Planning, provided a presentationon the IEEE Membership Initiative.BTS is participating in this initiative,which originated as a result of a2003/2004 Board of Directors strategicfocus. Ralph Justus, Consumer Elec-tronics Society President and candi-date for Division IV Director-Elect,also attended the meeting as a guest.The Society AdCom discussed increas-ing joint activities with the ConsumerElectronics Society. Yiyan Wu wasintroduced as the new Editor-in-Chieffor the Transactions on Broadcasting.

June 2005 – Chantilly, Virginia,USA: This meeting centered onfinance discussions. BTS receives sig-

nificant income each year from itspartnership in the IBC. The AdCom'sgeneral sentiment was that extra fundsshould be allocated for the benefit ofSociety members. Extra 2005 fundswill go toward the IEEE digitalizationproject in which all BTS Transactionson Broadcasting, back to 1950, will bescanned and posted on the IEEEXplore site The AdCom further dis-cussed possible uses of the 2005 fundsto hire a BTS webmaster, convert theBTS yearbook to HTML for ease of useand search capability, and purchaseprojectors for use at the annual FallSymposium and other BTS events.Three new initiatives for 2006 wereunanimously approved in principle.The new BTS initiatives are (1) Mobile& Multimedia Broadcasting Technolo-gy, (2) Conference/Publication onMobile/Multimedia Broadcasting, and(3) Broadcaster Education. A motion,approved unanimously, authorized theSociety President to begin the threeinitiatives using 2005 funds and assignone person to lead each of three proj-ects. A motion, approved unanimous-ly, authorized the Society President towork with the Portable InformationDevices (PID) conference, to volun-teer resources and to contribute up to$10K USD for BTS to become a finan-cial co-sponsor of this event.

October 2005 – Washington, DC:The Awards & Nominations discussionincluded a search for candidates forthe 2006-2008 AdCom. The Publica-tions Committee report noted thatthe Society has employed TedKuligowski as a part t ime IEEEemployee to assist April Monroewith the production of the Newslet-ter. Additional initiatives were con-sidered for use of 2005 surplusfunds which, among several sugges-tions, included a BTS outreach to allStudent Chapters via IEEE StudentServices. The President reported ona combined NAB & IBC focus groupreport, which stressed the need forcross training of IT and broadcastengineers who need to understandeach other ’s technology. GeraldBerman reported on the USTTI pro-gram, supported by BTS, whichoffers two courses in Washington,DC annually to overseas broadcast-ers. Reports were presented on theBTS new initiatives, Strategic Plan-ning, IEEE TAB NTDC PortableInformation Devices (PID Group,and the 2006 International Sympo-sium on Broadband Multimedia Sys-tems and Broadcast ing. GuyBouchard, Chair, presented anoverview of the Fal l 2005 IEEEBroadcast Symposium.

Summary of the 2005 IEEE Broadcast TechnologySociety Administrative Committee (AdCom) Meetings

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IEEE Events @ CTIA Wireless 2007

IEEE Event Dates: Sunday, 25 – Thursday, 29 March 2007 CTIA Show Dates: Tuesday, 27 –Thursday, 29 March 2007

Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida USA

IEEE BTS International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems & Broadcasting*

Wednesday, 28 – Thursday, 29 March 2007

IEEE International Conference on Portable Information Devices **

Sunday, 25 – Tuesday, 27 March 2007

IEEE ComSoc 802.16e Standards Symposium

Tuesday, 27 – Wednesday, 28 March 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS COMING SOON *IEEE BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA 2007 is an industry-oriented Symposium that will bring together content originators and distributors, wireless service providers, and technology developers and suppliers of equipment, systems, and consumer platforms. The Symposium will focus on research and development, applications, and implementation of mobile and portable multimedia systems worldwide. Potential topic areas may include:

Streaming; IPTV; VoIP; VoD

Mobile TV; Wireless Multimedia

Spectrum; Coverage

Networks; Systems; Services

Field Experience

Compression; Coding

Content Adaptation

Consumer Platforms Visit www.ieee.org/bts/multimedia after May 1 for details on abstract submission.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION **IEEE PORTABLE 2007 will bring together communications, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, materials, mechanical, optical, and reliability engineers and business leaders involved in various types of Portable Information Devices (PIDs), to address and discuss state-of-the-art challenges, attributes and pitfalls in PID-related areas of engineering and applied science, with an emphasis on the interaction of the hardware and software, as well as their functional and physical (mechanical) performance, reliability and durability. Submissions are currently being accepted for:

Papers

Tutorials

Technology / Business Applications Panels

Demonstrations

Visit www.ieee-portable.org/2007 for complete information.



Call for Papers

IEEE Transactions on BroadcastingSpecial issue on “Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting”

ScopeBroadcasting of multimedia content to mobile and portable devices such as cell phones or PDAs is a fast emergingarea with huge economic impact. Broadcasting networks especially designed for mobile broadcasting like DVB-H,DMB and MediaFLO are currently under deployment. On the other side, 2.5G and 3G cellular networks are alreadyoffering multimedia services like Mobile TV to mobile devices. Whereas unicast multimedia streaming is used forMobile TV today, multicast/broadcast extensions to mobile networks like 3GPP MBMS and 3GPP2 BCMCS are understandardization resulting in high capacity gains for mobile broadcasting via mobile networks. Combinations of cellularand non-cellular broadcasting networks are currently under investigation. New services for mobile multimediabroadcasting are on the way introducing new forms of interactivity, customization and personalization.

The objective of this special issue is to present state-of-the-art research activities contributing to all aspects ofmobile multimedia broadcasting. Original contributions previously unpublished and not currently under review byanother journal are solicited in relevant areas including (but are not limited to):

• Broadcasting via cellular networks• Cellular Multicast/Broadcast services: 3GPP MBMS, 3GPP2 BCMCS• Mobile broadcasting via DVB-H, DMB, MediaFLO and other systems• Mobile broadcasting via satellite• Standards for mobile multimedia broadcasting• Hybrid cellular/non-cellular broadcasting• Source coding for mobile multimedia broadcasting• Channel coding, modulation and signal processing techniques• Transceiver architecture and design• RF, antenna, receiver and hardware technologies• Mobile multimedia broadcasting applications• Mobile television• Interactive broadcasting services• Service layer for mobile broadcasting• Security and DRM• Field trials for mobile multimedia broadcasting

Important datesDeadline for submissions: 1 July 2006Notification of review outcome: 1 October 2006Submission of final version: 15 November 2006Publication date: 1

st Quarter/2007

Submission guidelinesAuthors should follow the IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting format described in the Information for Authors athttp://www.ieee.org/organizations/society/bt/authorinfo.htm. There will be only one round of reviews and acceptancewill be limited to papers needing only moderate revisions. Please indicate that the submission is for the special issueon “Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting”.

Prospective authors should submit a PDF version of their paper to Kathy Colabaugh [email protected]

Guest editorsDr. Markus KampmannEricsson ResearchEricsson Allee 1

52134 Herzogenrath,[email protected]

Dr. Shuji Hirakawa.Technology PlanningDivision, Toshiba

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Dr. Yiyan Wu Editor-in-Chief, IEEETransactions on

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The IEEE Broadcast Technology Society

56th ANNUAL BROADCAST SYMPOSIUM

Guy Bouchard, Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Chair

CALL FOR PAPERS

27-29 September 2006 Hotel Washington

Washington, DC

USA Potential topic areas for papers may include: Digital radio and television systems: terrestrial, cable, satellite, Internet, wireless

Streaming, IPTV, VoIP, VoD, Mobile TV, Wireless Multimedia

Transmission, propagation, reception, re-distribution of broadcast signals AM, FM, and TV transmitter and antenna systems Tests and measurements Cable and satellite technologies:

Interconnections with over-the-air broadcasters Transport stream issues Re-purposing of navigational information

Advanced technologies and systems for emerging broadcasting applications Reception:

Software-based receivers DTV and IBOC reception issues Smart

antennas for indoor use Noise-figure management in a home environment

Compression and modulation for mobile and hand-held sets Diversity

reception under dynamic multipath Frequency- and time-domain

equalization Wireless home distribution Transmission:

Dynamic sharing of bandwidth Spectrum re-packing optimization New extensions for the ATSC VSB standard

Wireless Broadband Networks; e.g., IEEE 802.22 Wireless Regional Area Networks (“WRANs”)

Information Technology for broadcasters

Abstracts are due by 1 June 2006

For complete information, visit the 2006 Broadcast Symposium Web Site:

www.ieee.org/bts/symposium



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President: Thomas M. Gurley

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2003-2005

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Mark Your Calendarfor the BTS Tutorial at NAB2006

“Delivering Television to Handheld Devices: A Technology Tutorial”April 24, 2006 • 1:00PM - 5:00PM

Program information at: http://www.nabshow.com/conferences/bec.asp

January through March 2006 brought good news for theMembership of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society!139 New Members joined our Society! We will print yournames in the next issue of the newsletter.

All BTS Members should have received by now theMarch 2006 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting.This issue was bundled with the January 2006 issue of theProceedings of the IEEE special issue on "Global Digital

Television" Technology & Emerging Services which wasedited by our Transactions Editor in Chief, Yiyan Wu. Wehope that, with special features and events, and the regu-lar, outstanding level of technical papers in the Transac-tions, you will value your membership. As always, wewelcome comments and suggestions on how we can makethe Society better serve your needs. You can reach us at:[email protected]

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