In this three-paper session, RAI (and its co-contributors) presents a comprehensive overview of large-scale 5G broadcast deployment in Italy. It combines High Power High Tower (HPHT) transmitters and her CDN distribution to cover the cities of Turin and Palermo. Deployment of hybrid 5G broadcast/broadband services. Qualcomm will present a technically detailed analysis of how its 5G broadcast is designed to reuse current 5G mobile hardware and protocol stacks. A performance comparison with ATSC3.0 is also included. Finally, Dolby (co-authors) presents an overview of his ETSI technical report on deployment guidelines for DVB-I service delivery over 5G systems and resolves the missing pieces of his convergence puzzle. .
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panelists
Alessandro Lucco-Castello, Researcher – RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana
Alessandro earned a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Politecnico di Turin and worked as a computer network security consultant.
In 2018, he became a researcher at the RAI-Radio-Television Italiana Research Center in Turin. His scientific interests include all aspects related to mobile and fixed networks in terms of possible 4G/5G mobile and his TV integration scenarios.
He is currently working on laboratory testing and validation of 5G broadcast TV transmission and reception systems in parallel with the research group of which he is a member. Laboratory work is always validated by field tests with measurement campaigns in different regions of Italy. The results obtained will be continuously shared and compared with national and international groups.
Thomas Stockhammer, Senior Director of Technology Standards – Qualcomm
Dr. Thomas Stockhammer joined Qualcomm in 2014 and currently serves as Senior Director of Technology Standards. In various roles, he has co-authored over 200 research publications, over 200 patents, and contributions to thousands of standards.
He currently works with 3GPP, DVB, MPEG, IETF, ATSC, CTA, ETSI, Metaverse Standards Forum, and DASH-Industry Forum on multimedia communications, TV distribution, 5G broadcast, content delivery protocols, immersive media presentation, adaptive streaming, XR, Metaverse.
Among other things, he leads the MPEG-I scene description effort, the DASH-IF technical working group, the 3GPP video and XR effort, and the DVB-5G effort. He has received his 2013 INCITS Technical Excellence Award, 2017 3GPP Excellence Award, 2019 CTA Technology & Standards Achievement Award, and 2022 Emmy Inventor Award for his research on DASH, media distribution, and his 5G broadcasting. It has won several awards including. He is a speaker and program committee member at events such as IBC, DVB World, Mile High Video, MWS, and BroadThinking. In January 2023, he was promoted to IEEE Fellow in recognition of his contributions to media delivery and video streaming standards.
moderator
Simon Pike, Spectrum Expert – Consultant
Simon Pike is a chartered engineer and expert in spectrum policy and wireless technology with a focus on mobile and broadcast applications from 1.6 MHz to over 40 GHz. He is Vodafone Group’s principal spectrum expert, has been a delegate at CEPT and ITU international conferences, and has attended the last six World Radiocommunication Conferences as a member of the UK delegation.
He is an active participant in numerous standards committees and chairs two ETSI committees on conformity assessment of base stations. He was a member of the UK DCMS team that developed the 5G testbed and trials program.
Previously, he worked for the British Independent Broadcasting Corporation, working on research projects on D-MAC transport and microwave distribution of video on cable TV networks.
Simon has been a member of the IBC Technical Papers Committee for over 10 years and published a paper on “5G: Vision, Reality, Future” in 2018.
Simon is currently an independent consultant. He remains involved in the development of spectrum policy, providing an independent view on the balance between the demands of the mobile sector and other developing technologies and the continued needs of existing services.
Access and download articles.
IBC2023 Technical Document: Efficient Delivery of Audiovisual Content to Mobile Devices Combining 5G Broadcast and CDN Technologies.
IBC2023 Technical Paper: 5G Broadcast Receiver: Performance Optimization under Implementation Constraints
IBC2023 Technical Document: DVB-I Service Delivery over 5G Systems
