Digital Radio Broadcasting in Japan

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1.Overview

Digital Sound Broadcasting Systems

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TV DTV DVB-T ISDB-T
Sound IBOC DAB ISDB-T
Carrier modulation OFDM OFDM OFDM
Multiplex structure Original System Original System MPEG-2 System
Audio coding MPEG-2 Audio AAC MPEG-1(Layer2) MPEG-2 Audio AAC

・ ISDB-TSB (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting Terrestrial for sound broadcasting) system was developed for terrestrial Digital Sound Broadcasting (DSB) .

・ Laboratory experiments and field trials using Tokyo-tower were carried out to verify the system performance in 1999 and the final specification was approved as a Japanese Standard in November 1999.

・ Two stations were launched in Tokyo and Osaka in the frequency band
188 MHz to 192 MHz, we called VHF 7ch, in October 2003.


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