The flexible service platform for Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB)

Overview
DAB Data Services Opportunities Challenges DAB Java Benefits for Broadcasters Receiver Industry End-User Technical Details of DABJava: Architecture Overview Advantages and Requirements Applications

DAB Data Services (1)

Opportunities DAB is not only audio DAB is a wireless, mobile, broadcast system suitable for: Entertainment, News and Information Telematics (car services, navigation) Mobile Internet services, Location Based App Multimedia on the move DAB is a very efficent way of delivering data to large audiences DAB terminals are able to integrate with other media (GPRS, UMTS)

DAB needs a Flexible Service Platform

DAB Data Services (2)

Challenges Variety of terminals with different features (Screen size, means of input, audio playback) Competition from other mobile (UMTS, DVB-T) and fixed networks (Internet) Rapid deployment of a wide range of services Presentation and Management of services from numerous providers

In order to meet these requirements, DAB needs ONE Flexible Service Platform

Benefits Broadcasters (1)

Flexible platform for current and future content Moderate production costs by reusing content from the broadcasters web site Timely delivery of content Delivering services on a broadcast model, therefore cost-effective and efficient distribution mechanism Fast development Vast Developer Community available

Benefits Broadcasters (2)

Extends brand reach and penetration Enables new connections with the audience Facilitates a consistent image of the radio station Enhances cross-promotion of services Encourages interaction New kind of advertising

Benefits Receiver Industry

Increasing Revenues by selling value-added receivers Opportunity for new business models to sell receivers Possibility to extend the application environment of the terminal dynamically JAVA is a well-known and trusted technology

Benefits End User

Using new information sources Enjoy new kinds of entertainment Cost-effective services possible Enhanced audience experience Commonality between devices Facilitates easy mobile data reception Personalization

A technical overview

Architecture
Resident Applications Downloaded Applications (Xlet) Map Viewer

Ticker

Game

Native Application: BWS

Native Application: EPG

Java Games
DAB Java Runtime

DAB Java API

Java EPGs

EPG

Theater Program

Xlet Manager
DAB Java I/O

Java Platform

Native OS

Building Blocks
DAB
DAB Asynchronous Event based API User I/O & Profiling Transport using MOT Java Type (JAR) Signalling and Profiling with FIG 0/13 Personal Java

Runtime

Security Framework Application Framework (Xlet) Configuration Mechanisms Resource Management

Advantages
Abstraction of the DAB System Easy system and user application (Xlet) development Large/Extensible Java Runtime API (I/O, AWT, Swing, Net, etc) Secure runtime environment Easy to integrate with other JAVA-based framework Extendible platform for future/new applications

Requirements
Minimum software requirements are needed: CPU, memory, storage, etc Operating System with JAVA support Screen for flexible graphics applications Man-Machine interface

Applications
EPG Data Decoder: Ticker, TPEG Viewer, Map viewer Games E-Commerce Applications Interactive Applications Voting Applications Location based services

Java Platforms

Conclusion
Data Services over DAB: Opportunities and Challenges DAB Java is the Flexible DAB Service Platform DAB Java Basic Architecture DAB Java Advantages and Requirements DAB Java Applications

DAB Java is THE Flexible Service Platform

The End