27

Digital Audio Broadcasting

 

     Carl-Erik W. Sundberg

27.1 Introduction

27.2 Eureka-147, DAB, and DAB+

27.3 HD-Radio, IBOC-FM, HIBOC-FM, IBOC-AM, and HIBOC-AM

27.4 Digital Radio Mondiale, DRM, and DRM+

27.5 ISDB, DVB-H, DMB, and Other Systems

27.6 MediaFLO

27.7 MBMS and Convergence with Cellular

27.8 Sirius XM Satellite Radio

27.9 Future of Digital Audio Radio

Acknowledgment

References

27.1 Introduction

 

With the advent of the CD (compact disc) and higher-quality distribution channels for music, the need for radio broadcasting of digital audio with CD or CD-like quality arose. One immediate problem for enabling such radio broadcasting services was limited radio bandwidth. The CD format uses PCM, which requires a bit rate of about 1.3 ...

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