Application of 5G in Broadcasting

How IP-based broadcast meets 5G for resilient and sustainable media distribution - $15

The newest generations of technical standards for digital terrestrial television broadcasting have embraced IP-based approaches. At the same time, we have seen the inclusion of multicast and broadcast technologies in the most recent releases of the global mobile telecommunications standard, with the availability of 5G Broadcast being one significant outcome, along with the integration of 5G Multicast/Broadcast capabilities within the 5G Media Streaming system. While true convergence between broadcast and mobile technologies remains unlikely to occur, the preconditions for mutually beneficial interworking between the different systems seem now to have been mostly fulfilled. This paper describes the main evolutions of both broadcast and mobile technical standards as they have approached more closely the domains of the other, culminating most notably with the arrival of ATSC 3.0, DVB-I and DVB-NIP as game-changing systems, and the aforementioned new solutions from 3GPP. Having described the innovative aspects of the different systems, the paper highlights some of the collaborative initiatives that target interworking, whether at the system core, on the radio frequency level or on the service layer, involving the standards developing organizations behind the systems.  

Emily Dubs | DVB Project | Geneva, Switzerland

The Convergence Opportunity for ATSC 3.0 and 5G NR Multicast Broadcast Service  - $15

This paper will introduce a new service called “Direct 2 Everything” (D2X). This service takes advantage of both ATSC 3.0 and 5G NR capabilities to provide a combined service offering. The D2X system leverages the strengths of each individual standard to provide a converged system with improved overall performance in terms of spectrum utilization. In order to allow for a harmonized service offering, we propose to extend the ATSC 3.0 physical layer standards to better align with the 5G system architecture and be complimentary to the 5G New Radio (NR) Multicast Broadcast System (MBS) standard. There are no modifications to the ATSC 3.0 standards other than the extensions which allow the current system to continue without disruption. To design a combined system, the 5G standards were first studied to identify the key harmonization points. The ATSC 3.0 physical layer standards were then used as a baseline and extended to allow for interworking with 5G NR (MBS).

Louis Libin | One Media Technologies | Cockeysville, Md., United States
Mike Simon | One Media Technologies | Cockeysville, Md., United States

Using a Private 5G Network to Support the International Broadcast of the Coronation of HM King Charles III  - $15

Winner of the 2024 NAB BEIT Conference Proceedings Best Paper Award

Wireless cameras for news contribution feeds regularly use “bonded-cellular” devices, which connect to and split the encoded video across multiple public mobile network SIMs. However, in high demand density environments with large crowds, the public networks can quickly become saturated and unable to sustain the necessary bitrates to support high-definition video. To overcome this and provide uncontested wireless connectivity, the largest pop-up 5G standalone non-public (private) network of its type was deployed outside Buckingham Palace and along The Mall to Admiralty Arch to support news contributions for domestic and foreign broadcasters at the Coronation of HM King Charles III, without changing the contribution workflow.

Sam Yoffe | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Malcolm Brew | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Douglas Allan | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Kenneth Barlee | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dani Anderson | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Odianosen Ighagbon | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Damien Muir | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Joshua Goldsmith | Neutral Wireless Ltd. |
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Cameron Speirs| Neutral Wireless Ltd. | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Robert Stewart | Neutral Wireless Ltd. | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Ian Wagdin | BBC R&D | London, United Kingdom
Marl B. Waddell | BBC R&D | London, United Kingdom
Purminder Gandhu | BBC R&D | London, United Kingdom
Andy Reed | BBC News | London, United Kingdom
Simon Ashton | BBC Technology and Media Operations | London, United Kingdom