SREYAS INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Technical Seminar
on
IBOC Technology
Under the Guidance of
MR.G Ramachandra kumar
Assistant professor

Presented by
P SAMPATH (16VE5A0437)

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CONTENTS:
Introduction
 Why Digital Radio?
 What is IBOC
How IBOC works?
 IBOC modes of operation
IBOC implementation Techniques
 Benefits of DAB
Why delay in adoption?

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INTRODUCTION:
Digital radio, also called digital audio broadcasting
(DAB), is transmission and reception of radio signals in
the digital domain, as opposed to the traditional
analogue transmission/reception by AM and FM
systems.
Digital radio is similar to hooking up the digital output
from a CD player directly to a radio transmitter. At the
other end is a digital-to-analogue converter (DAC), which
converts the digital signal back into analogue mode so
that it can be heard on the audio system as it was
recorded.

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Contd…
 The signal is either impressed onto a signal carrier and

transmitted via uplink to a satellite or transmitted across

the land.
 In both the cases, the signal is received and converted
into analogue by a specialized DAC within the radio’s
tuner circuit.

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Why Digital Radio?
The main advantage of digital radio is that it doesn’t
have the usual distortion associated with analogue radio
such as hissing, popping and phasing.
It is immune to distortion from multipath, adjacent
stations.
User get a new array of data-rich services including
traffic information, sports score and weather updates,
stock prices, etc..
The data is displayed on the LCD in the form of text,
images and video. Thus multimedia radio becomes
reality.

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What is IBOC?

In-band on -channel (IBOC) is a hybrid method of

transmitting digital radio and analog radio broadcast
signals simultaneously on the same frequency.

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IBOC: a new system:
The IBOC technology allows digital audio
broadcasting without the need for new spectrum
allocations for the digital signal.
The IBOC system will be compatible with existing
tuners as it utilizes the existing AM and FM bands by
attaching a digital side band signal to the standard
analogue signal.
For digital compression, the IBOC uses a perceptual
audio coder (PAC) developed by Lucent Technology.

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HOW IBOC WORKS?
1-Analog and Digital audio
broadcast simultaneouslycreated.
2-Digital audio Compression.
3-Digital Broadcast Antennafor
transmission ofcompressed digital
signal and analog audio
simultaneously.
4- Interference: digital signal is
less prone to signal dropout and
reflections unlike analog signal.
5- In Car HD Radio System.
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IBOC modes of operation:

1.Hybrid mode : In
this mode the digital signal is
inserted within a 69.041 kHz
bandwidth, 129.361 kHz on
either side of the analog
FM signal. Each sideband is
approximately 23 dB below
the total power in the FM
signal.

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2.Extended hybrid mode :This
mode includes the hybrid mode and
additional digital signals are inserted
closer tothe analog signal, utilizing a
27.617 kHz bandwidth, 101.744 kHz on
either side of the analog FM signal.
The total power of the digital
sidebands is 20dB below the nominal
power of the FM analog carrier.

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3.All Digital mode: This mode
replaces the analog signal with
additional digital signals and also
includes the digital signals of the
Hybrid and Extended Hybrid
Modes.
The total power of the digital
sidebands is 10dB below the
nominal power of the replaced
FM analog carrier.

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IBOC implementation Technique:
The requirement for FM-to-IBOC isolation is also
somewhat difficult to achieve in practice because of the
power ratio between FM and IBOC(100:1).
In a combiner that has to deal with a 1:1 power
combining ratio, a 26 dB isolation seems to be
fine.
•There are a few techniques used to combine FM and
IBOC signals.

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1.Low Level Combining Option:

Low level combining relies essentially on a common

amplification technique which means that both the host
FM and the IBOC signals are amplified in the same Power
Amplifier(PA).
 As IBOC adds about 1% to the total channel power,
its power contribution is negligible so the power rating
of the antenna is normally not an issue.
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2.High Level Combining Option:

High level combining is based on the use of distinct

power amplifiers for the Host FM and the IBOC
signals.
This technique uses an IBOC Power injector
which is basically an inverted directional coupler.
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Benefits of Digital Audio Broadcasting:
High quality digital audio
Reliable delivery to fixed, portable and mobile receivers
for interference-free reception.
Efficient use of the limited radio frequency spectrum
available.
Easy to use receivers.
Flexibility and choice of programmes for listeners.
Added-value system features such as multimedia.

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Why delay in adoption?

Low power FM stations are prone to

interference.
IBOC licensing, and service rules have not
been adopted yet.
Cost is high.

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 REFERENCES:
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/iboc-digital-radio-
broadcasting-am-and-fm-radio-broadcast-stations
http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/audio/includes/23-
digital.htm
 http://www.ibiquity.com/
 http ://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/digital.html
http://www.owdjim.gen.nz/chris/radio/DRM/
http://www.worlddab.org/introduction_to_digital_broad
casting/dab_plus_digital_radio

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