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Open Access Research Article

Power-Aware DVB-H Mobile TV System on Heterogeneous Multicore Platform

Yu-Sheng Lu1,2, Chin-Feng Lai1, Chia-Cheng Hu3, Han-Chieh Chao4 and Yueh-Min Huang1*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Rd., Tainan 701, Taiwan

2 Business Customer Solutions Lab, Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories, No. 12, Lane 551, Min-Tsu Rd. Sec.5 Yang-Mei, Taoyuan 326, Taiwan

3 Department of Information Management, Naval Academy, No. 669, Junxiao Rd., Zuoying District, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan

4 College of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, National ILan University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Shen-Lung Rd., I-Lan 260, Taiwan

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EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2010, 2010:812356 doi:10.1155/2010/812356


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Received:19 March 2010
Accepted:15 June 2010
Published:29 June 2010

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In mobile communication network, the mobile device integrated with TV player is a novel technology that provides TV program services to end users. As TV program is a real-time video service, it has greater technical difficulties to overcome than a traditional video file download or online streaming, especially when TV programs are played on handheld devices. A challenge is how to save power in order to provide users with longer TV program services. To address this issue, this study proposes a mobile TV system on a heterogeneous multicore platform, which utilizes a Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) wireless network to receive the TV program signal, thus, saving power according to the features of DVB-H TV signal and heterogeneous multi-core.

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