During the European Forum on Digital Television 2009 M.B.I. will present the results of the first twelve months of the trial on S-band technology. This trial focused on innovative technologies for the development of new frequency resources that can be used for hybrid satellite-terrestrial communications based on S-band.
Lucca, Italy, 19th June 2009
MBI to attend the European Forum on Digital Television 2009
MBI will present the results of the first twelve months of trials
MBI has set up and currently manages the most important DVB-SH complementary terrestrial network in Italy. The network, which is co-financed by the European Space Agency as part of the project J-Ortigia, has been up and running continuously since July 2008 and covers the areas of Pisa, Lucca and Livorno.
MBI has invested resources and man hours into the development of S-band. In particular it has focused on networks based on DVB-SH, the new communication protocol for satellite-to-mobile services that will use the new frequencies. MBI is proud of its outstanding research facilities and its highly qualified professionals capable of configuring, activating and validating DVB-SH networks in a short time span. MBI is co-operating with major European companies and research centres for this project, in particular with the Innovation Departments of Eutelsat and the European Space Agency, which are involved in the research and development of new S-band based technologies.
Earlier in 2009 MBI created other trial DVB-SH networks in Barcelona, Spain, at the Mobile World Congress in February; in Rome, Italy, at SatExpo on 20th March; and in Cagliari, Italy, during a Eutelsat strategy meeting on 18th May.
Trials on J-Ortigia will continue until the end of 2009 and will include tests on the reception of combined satellite/terrestrial signals from the new satellite W2A, which was launched on 3rd April, and a terrestrial network, which has been extended by using 2 new relay stations. The terrestrial pilot network will include 2 high-power relay stations on the top of Monte Serra and Monte Albano, and 3 low-power relay stations in the cities of Pisa and Lucca. The network will therefore cover all of northern Tuscany.
The servcie integration requires a flexible approach and an in-depth knowledge of the interoperability mechanisms in IP networks. As system integrator and developer of customised solutions, MBI offers an innovative and cross-layer approach.
As part of the European research group which defines the architecture and the functions of the platforms used to supply two-way interactive services based on S-banda, MBI is responsible for defining the service specifications and the workload model. MBI also supplies the technology and know-how for critical functions, such as co-ordination between network modules, security, user profile creation and selection of the communication channel.
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