Title :
Wireless multimedia communication through multichannel multipoint distribution service
Author :
Biagini, William ; Yang, Ning
Author_Institution :
GTE Labs. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA
Abstract :
The multichannel multipoint distribution service (MMDS) spectrum has been the focus for a variety of business ventures and technologies over the past twenty years and is anticipated to be the at the forefront for competitive multimedia services to the consumer in the near future. We review the architecture and technical challenges encountered in the design and deployment of a digital video broadcast system for the island of Oahu. Such networks provide insight to the technical challenges and potential solutions in future two way systems
Keywords :
digital video broadcasting; multimedia communication; 6 MHz; MMDS spectrum; Oahu; bandwidth; business ventures; digital video broadcast system; experimental results; multichannel multipoint distribution service; multimedia services; system architecture; two way systems; wireless multimedia communication; Bandwidth; Data communication; Digital video broadcasting; FCC; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Satellite broadcasting; TV broadcasting; Video compression; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2000. Proceedings. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0540-6
DOI :
10.1109/ITCC.2000.844190
