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Symposium on the design of a portable and low-cost
DAB/DRM+ transmitter infrastructur in VHF band III
 
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S y m p o s i u m

The Way to Digital Broadcast by DAB and DRM+
for Local Radio and Community Media
- Milestones in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and Europe -

Thursday, 3rd July 2014
at the Conference - Center of Fritz-Walter-Stadium
in Kaiserslautern

    
 
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During the last months, a portable digital radio transmitter for DAB and DRM+ in VHF band III including a multiplex exciter and a VHF transmit unit was designed and implemented at the University of Kaiserslautern. This project being issued by LMK and supported by  the University of Applied Science (HS) Kaiserslautern was based on commercially available low-price components and open-source software. It makes an affordable DAB transmitter infrastructure available especially to local radio broadcasters and community media, paving the way for them to digital terrestrial broadcasting. Furthermore a demonstrator for DRM+ in VHF band III was successfully integrated for the first time in such a transmitter which also can be used for further DRM+ projects.
During this symposium the project partners addressed their motivation, the concept, the set-up, and the results from lab measurements for this digital radio transmitter. In addition, commercial products for content servers as well as current developments of DRM+ receiver concepts had been presented. A live broadcast via the developed digital radio transmitter and its radio reception at Fritz-Walter-Stadium demonstrated suitability of this concept for practical use. Information from national and international experts on the perspectives of digitization for local radio broadcasters and community media by DRM+ and DAB in VHF band III completed the meeting.
At an exhibition area contributing companies and institutions presented their products and services.
The symposium was sponsored by:

Fraunhofer Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen
NXP Semiconductors
Radio RPR
Antenne Kaiserslautern
Antenne Mainz
 

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9:00 Registration & Get together with Coffee/Snack
10:00 Opening
  ► Harald Zehe, Vice Direktor, LMK
  ► Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Norbert Wehn, Vice President TU Kaiserslautern
  ► Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schmidt, Vice President HS Kaiserslautern
10:15 Keynotes
  ► Community Media in Germany on the way to the digital World (Jochen Fasco, Coordinator of the Professional Committee „Media Competence, Community Media, and Youth Protection“ of the German Media Authorities)
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die medienanstalten: "Bürger- und Ausbildungsmedien in Deutschland 2012/2013"
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die medienanstalten: "Medienkompetenz und Bürgermedien
(Informationsvorlage für die 251. Sitzung der DLM am 14.05.2013 in Berlin)"
  ► Perspectives for the Local Radio and Community Media on Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting with DAB and DRM+ (Joachim Lehnert, LMK)
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Deutsches DRM-Forum: "Überlegungen zum digitalen Umstieg für den lokalen und regionalisierten terrestrischen Hörfunk in Deutschland"
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Deutsches DRM-Forum: "Considerations for the Digital Transition of Local and Regional Terrestrial Broadcast Radio in Germany"
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Deutsches DRM-Forum: "Overview of the Technologies available for Digitalisation of Terrestrial Radio Broadcasting in Europe (abbreviated version of the report „Considerations for the Digital Transition of Local and Regional Terrestrial Broadcast Radio in Germany“)"
  ► Benefits of DAB and DRM+: Additional Services and Advanced Audio Quality (Alexander Zink, Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen)
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Fraunhofer IIS: Journaline® – Text Based Information Service for Digital Radio Functionality & Status
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DRM Consortium: DRM Introduction and Implementation Guide Rev. 2 September 2013
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DRM Consortium: DRM–xHE–AAC demo
10:50 The Portable Digital Radio Transmitter for DAB and DRM+ in VHF Band III
 
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 TU Kaiserslautern: "Vorläufiger Abschlussbericht "Entwicklung und Fertigung
eines Hörfunksenders als Demonstrator zur Ausstrahlung von DAB+ im VHF-Band III"
  ► Technical Concept and Construction (Michael Kröger, TU Kaiserslautern)
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  ► DAB-Multiplexer/-Modulator-Software ODR-mmbTools (Matthias Brändli, OpenDigitalRadio)
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  ► DRM+-Multiplexer/-Modulator-Software SPARK (Michael Feilen)
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  ► Technical Evaluation and Field Test (Michael Kröger, TU Kaiserslautern)
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12:00 Lunch break & Networking
  ► Opportunity to participate in a presentation of DAB features (5.1-Surround und Journaline)
and of DRM+ at the BMW car of the FhG IIS
13:20 Fraunhofer DAB- und DRM-ContentServer™
    (Alexander Zink, Fraunhofer-Institut for Integrated Circuits)
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13:40 Milestones to Distribute Local Radio and Community Media by DRM+ and DAB
  ► from Europe: Friederike Maier, Community Media Forum Europe - CMFE
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Europäisches Parlament: Entschließung  vom 25. September 2008 zu gemeinnützigen Bürger- und Alternativmedien in Europa (2008/2011(INI))
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European Parliament: Resolution of 25 September 2008 on Community Media in Europe 2008/2011(INI))
  ► from Europe: Mathias Coinchon, European Broadcasting Union - EBU
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  ► from Switzerland: Lukas Weiss, Union of the Non-Commerce orientated Radios - UNIKOM
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  ► from Austria: Helmut Peissl, Community Media Institute of Qualification, Research and
Consulting - COMMIT
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 Report
  ► from Germany: Timo Stadler, Federal Association of Independent Radios, Querfunk - Freies Radio Karlsruhe
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14:55 Coffee Break/Snack & Networking
  ► Beginning of the live broadcast of DAB/DRM+ from the HS Kaiserslautern TX site
– DAB in Channel 12A and DRM+ in Channel 11D
  ► Opportunity to participate in a presentation of DAB features (5.1-Surround und Journaline)
and of DRM+ at the BMW car of the FhG IIS
15:25 Development of DRM+-Radios
  ► NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH (Dr. Jörg Fischer)
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  ► Wavesink (Michael Feilen)
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  ► DRM Receiver Kit des FhG IIS (Alexander Zink)
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16:10 Summary and Outlook
    (Joachim Lehnert)  
16:20 End of the event
  Afterwards: Opportunity to participate in a presentation of DAB features
(5.1-Surround und Journaline) and of DRM+ at the BMW car of the FhG IIS
 

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