Advances in mobility management of DVB-H mobile TV systems

In this paper, we provide a brief survey about the recent standardization advances in the field of mobility management for DVB-H mobile TV systems. The mentioned topics include: DVB-H to DVB-H handover, and DVB-H service roaming. In addition, since the DVB-H standard itself specifies only the behavior below the IP layer, other service layer standards over the DVB-H, e.g. OMA BCAST or DVB-IPDC, are required to support IP-based mobile TV services. Hence, the discussion in this paper covers both the mobility issues above or below the DVB-H IP layer.