ATSC 3.0 is very much like DVB-T2, so at least for the transmitter, you
can use many of the DVB-T2 blocks in gr-dtv as a starting point for your
development.
I'm definitely in wait and see mode on this standard. This is pure
speculation, but I have a feeling that ATSC 3.0 may never see the light
of day. Some reasons are:
1) There will be no second channel and no government funded converter
box program like the analog to digital (ATSC 1.0) transition. Unless the
FCC mandates that all TV's must have an ATSC 3.0 tuner and until these
TV's penetrate the market, no station is going to switch over.
2) If the upcoming 600 MHz incentive auction is successful, then there
may be large number of TV stations that will need to change frequency
after the repack. There will be some government financial relief, but
it's likely not to be nearly enough. After spending large sums of money
getting on a new channel, TV stations may not be too keen to spend more
money on ATSC 3.0 equipment.
3) One of the main features of ATSC 3.0 is mobile TV. But mobile TV has
failed over and over again. The primary reason is that no cell phone
provider will put a mobile TV receiver in a handset. Without some
"killer app", ATSC 3.0 doesn't provide enough incentive to upgrade.
But I could be wrong. :-)
Ron
On 12/27/2015 11:26 PM, Colby Boyer wrote:
Hi GNURadio folks,
Some portions of the candidate standard for ATSC 3.0 have been posted
to the ATSC website (http://atsc.org/standards/candidate-standards/),
and specifically the PHY/bootstrap sections are now available.
As far as I know there is no one working on a GNURadio version, but I
thought it would be worth while to check for collaborators before
venturing out.
Note, this would be a personal project for me not for a dissertation or work.
Thanks,
Colby
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