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T-DMB Emergency Broadcasting

MobileSystem forActivites
Research Tunnelof ETRI

2011 . 04 . 29 .

Digital Broadcasting System Research Department

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Contents

1 Background

2 Technical overview

3 Feature of ETRI solution

4 Expectation Effect

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Introduce ETRI

Established for the ICT R&D in 1976

Government funded, Independent R&D organization
11 Lab Buildings in 342,814m2 of Daejeon Campus
※ Other Locations: Seoul, Gwangju, Daegu, Beijing, Silicon Valley...

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Introduce T - DMB

Mob Mobile multimedia ( audio / video / data )

broadcasting ( mobile TV up to 200km / h )
services at anytime , anywhere with any
ile devices
Pers Personalized services by handheld
receivers ( cellular
onal
Inte
phone , PDA , notebook , PMP , etc .)
Bi - directional interactive services in
conjunction with mobile communication
racti networks
( TTI , PPV ,
ve on - line shopping , internet accessCAR , etc
AV
.)
mobile
Broadcasting Centers

Cellular PDA

PMP
handheld
T-DMB Network
video
PC
audio Mobile AV equip.
life info. communication
network fixed
TTI : Traffic and Travel Information, PPV:
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Expectation of T - DMB Emergency
broadcasting

T - DMB
Emergency
1 Personalized ! FOR RECEIVER SITUATION
Broadcasting

?
ESPECIALLY , TUNNEL
2 Anytime Anywhere ! ( DANGEROUS AREA )

TO GUIDE , EVACUATING WAY AND

3 Multimedia ! DISASTER INFORMATION VIA
VIDEO & VOICE NOT TEXT OR
VOICE ONLY

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 Background of developing the T - DMB emergency
broadcasting technology for tunnel

◈In Korea, according to national guide, analog AM/FM radio emergency

broadcasting systems are being installed and operated in tunnels.
◈Rise to over 35 millions T-DMB receivers considered as new emergency
broadcasting media
◈The standard of T-DMB emergency broadcasting system set up year 2006. however,
legacy receivers can not support the standard

Legacy

AM/FM
New system

External
Antenna

Station

AM/FM T-DMB

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Technical Concept
Emergency
signal Repeater
generator part part

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Service Concept

Cente
r
Power
room

Emergency broadcasting
Power
Main
Control room
Station
Management

room
Outside)
(Tunnel

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Example of emergency broadcasting
contents

Fire Ice

Construction Strong Wind

Breaking Heavy Snow

Accident Heavy Rain

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Developed Product

Feature

Receiving Filter qGenerating & broadcasting of

emergency signal
Equalizer
/ Echo Canceller qRelay T - DMB
/ Frequency down - qMax 6 ensembles
converter q20 W output per 1 ensemble
/ Frequency up -
converter q19 inch standard Rack mount
For 6 Ensemble & qT - DMB transmit standard
qRemote control & monitoring
Source Encoding
DEMUX / ReMUX
for 6Ensemble
Performance target
System Controller
qSwitching time : 1 seconds
qReceiver compatibility : 95 %
T - DMB Modulator for qDecision Feedback signal deletion
6 Ensemble
capability : 41 dB
qA scope of Decision Feedback
signal deletion : 13us ( 18dB )
High Power Amplifier
( HPA ) qInput signal multipath deletion
For 6 ensemble capability : 17dB (- 3dB single
ghost @22us )

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 Test of the product
CH.8 CH.8

TDMB-EBS

Regular service
Reception

CH.12 CH.12

(Main Transmitter)

Emergency service
Reception

Regular
Broadcasting
Transmit ter
Emergency
Broadcasting Regular service
Reception
EBU

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Pilot service in Seoul ( Namsan 1 st
tunnel )

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Operating Test in Namsan 1 st tunnel

Entrance

Middle

Exit

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Expectation Effect

▣To secure people and their asset by tunnel T - DMB

emergency broadcasting system when disasters happened
in tunnel & cope with emergency situation by T-DMB disaster
qPropagating
broadcasting in road, underground via receiver.
qRelaying commercial broadcasting service in tunnel at normal status.
Securing a national asset and people at emergency.

▣Service activation by improvement of T - DMB receiving

environment
qImprovement of receiving environment in tunnel & underground for
keeping step with increasing T-DMB receiver
qTo increase receiving rate, relay T-DMB broadcasting into shaded
area like tunnel and underground etc, by tunnel T-DMB disaster
broadcasting system development

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Further Work

T - DMB

Wake up &
Emergency message

T-DMB
Transmitter T-DMB Broadcaster Emergency
Broadcasting
Center
Wake Up signal &
Emergency
message Emergency
Transit Emergency
Emergency
Wake message
broadcasting Up
channel by
force

ㅇㅇ해변에서
T-DMB 수신이 쓰나미가 발생하였습니
가능한 지역에 계신분
은재난방송 채널로
연결해강제전환
다
안테나를재난상황입니다
ㅇㅇ해변에 쓰나미가 주시기
가 됩니다 .
. 발생하였습니다
.바랍니다 . .
안전한곳으로 대피바랍니다 .

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Thank you .
ytlee@etri . re . kr
? ?

Que
s ti o
n

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 Technology
▣Diagram of emergency signal generation part

Syn FI MSC
C

Syn : Synchronization channel

FIC : Fast Information Channel
MSC : Main Service Channel
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