Digital Audio Broadcasting
Carl-Erik W. Sundberg
SundComm, Chatham, New Jersey, USA
Jointly Sponsored by the IEEE North Jersey Communications Chapter
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NJIT
Time: 4:30—6:00pm, January 21st, 2003.
4:30-4:45pm chat with the speaker and light refreshment, 4:45-6:00pm, talk
Place: 202 ECE, NJIT.
Abstract
The move to digital is a natural progression taking place in all aspects of broadcast media. This is no less true for audio broadcasting which has taken a unique development path in the United States. This path has been heavily influenced by a combination of regulatory and migratory (from analog to digital) requirements specific for the U.S. market. This has resulted in a unique set of requirements on source coding, channel coding and digital modulation methods to make these systems a reality.
This talk outlines the technical development of the terrestrial wireless broadcasting systems in the U.S. providing details on specific channel coding designs and adding perspective on why specific designs were selected. AM and FM systems are about to be introduced in the market place. These so called in band on channel systems are also briefly compared to other systems such as Eureka 147 and DRM.
References
[1] C-E. W. Sundberg et al “ Technical Advances in Digital Audio Radio Broadcasting”
Proceedings of the IEEE, pp 1303-1333, August 2002.
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Carl-Erik W. Sundberg received the M.S.E.E. and the Dr. Techn. Degrees from the University of Lund, Lund, Sweden in 1966 and 1975 respectively. From 1977 to 1984 he was a Research Professor (Docent) in Telecommunication Theory, University of Lund. From 1984 to 2000 he was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA and during 2001 he was a DMTS at Agere Systems, Murray. Currently he is a Senior Scientist at SundComm , Chatham, New Jersey,USA and at iBiquity Digital Corp., Warren, New Jersey, USA. His research interests include source and channel coding, digital modulation, fault-tolerant systems, digital mobile radio, digital audio broadcasting, spread-spectrum, digital satellite systems and optical communications. He has published over 95 journal papers and contributed over 140 conference papers. He has 67 patents, granted and pending. He is a coauthor of Digital Phase Modulation, (New York: Plenum, 1986), Topics in Coding Theory, (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989) and Source-Matched Digital Communications (New York: IEEE Press, 1996).. In 1986 he received the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society’s Paper of the Year Award and in 1989 he was awarded the Marconi Premium Proc. IEE Best Paper Award. Two of his papers were selected for inclusion in the IEEE Communications Society 50th Anniversary Journal Collection Volume 2002. Dr. Sundberg is a Fellow of the IEEE and is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America.