NEW !

The CRC MMB team will be present at IBC 2010 with new demonstrations. Please visit our IBC 2010 page for more details:

http://www.crc.gc.ca/en/html/mmb/home/ibc2010

High-capacity downlinks for mobile data

At the Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC), the Mobile Multimedia in Broadcasting (MMB) project team conducts research in datacasting systems for mobile and portable applications. In its approach, the team aims to demonstrate that datacasting technologies are essential for the efficient routing of new universal and interactive services in a global context of convergence.

Through the development of demonstration systems and prototypes, the MMB project promotes the benefits of wireless datacasting while proposing new approaches. The team also seeks to understand and assess the role of datacasting within a global wireless communications architecture. New converging mobile platforms such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and "advanced" cellular telephones and portable computers are also studied, given their capabilities for the processing and presentation of digital content.

Currently, the work of the team is focused mainly on the Eureka DAB radio technology. Deployed in Canada and in several countries around the world, this technology was designed specifically for transmitting multimedia services to mobile receivers. A number of standards define a range of flexible data-transport mechanisms: carousel, continuous streaming media, IP and others.

More specifically, the group conducts R&D in the following areas:

• Applications, standards, formats and protocols;
• IP datacasting;
• Hybrid remote interactivity;
• DAB application multiplexer platform and software tools; and
• Data receivers and mobile platforms.

The project has a specialized laboratory for the study, integration, design and development of new technologies. An area of the laboratory is also available for receiving visitors and holding demonstrations.

Contact:

François Lefebvre
Project Leader, Mobile Multimedia in Broadcasting
Radio Broadcast Systems

Email: francois.lefebvre@crc.gc.ca

Phone: (613) 991-6901
Twitter: http://twitter.com/fralef
Our channel on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/crcmmb
Our presentations on Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/tag/crcmmb
Personal blog: http://www.broadcasting20.org

For technical details, online and off-line tools, source code and downloads please visit our projects websites:

http://mmbtools.crc.gc.ca
http://www.openmokast.org