Energy Efficient Error Correction in Mobile TV

The current error correction layer of digital mobile TV is designed for worst case scenarios, which often do not apply. In this paper, we propose a new opportunistic error correction layer based on fountain codes and a resolution adaptive ADC, which has been integrated into the OFDM-based physical layer. The key element in the new proposed system is that only packets are processed by the receiver which have encountered high-energy channels. Others are discarded. With this new approach, around 84% of the energy consumption in ADCs can be saved compared with the conventional mobile TV system under the same channel conditions.