A Technical Seminar Presentation on

SATELLITE RADIO OR DIGITAL AUDIO RADIO SERVICE

By Uppala Shirisha 08611A04B6

NEED OF SATELLITE RADIO

We all have our favorite radio stations that we preset into our car radios, flipping between them as we drive to and from work, on errands and around town. But when travel too far away from the source station, the signal breaks up and fades into static. Most radio signals can only travel about 30 or 40 miles from their source. On long trips that find you passing through different cities, you might have to change radio stations every hour or so as the signals fade in and out.

Now, imagine a radio station that can broadcast its signal from more than 22,000 miles (35,000 kill) away and then come through on your car radio with complete clarity without ever having to change the radio station. Satellite Radio or Digital Audio Radio Service (DARS) is a subscriber based radio service that is broadcast directly from satellites. Subscribers will be able to receive up to100 radio channels featuring Compact Disk digital quality music, news, weather, sports. talk radio and other entertainment channels.

BASIC BLOCKS IN SATELLITE RADIO

Each company has a different plan for its broadcasting system, but the systems do share similarities. Here are the key components of the three satellite radio systems 1.Satellites 2.Ground Repeaters 3.Radio Receivers

Broad castin g center s

Satellit es

Ground Repeate rs

Radio Receive rs

DAB Signal Generation

DAB Signal Decoding

User Interface

TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION

Digital radio works by combining two digital technologies to produce an efficient and reliable radio broadcast system. Firstly, an audio compression system, called MPEG, reduces the vast amount of digital information required to be broadcast. It does this by discarding sounds that will not be perceived by the listener. The second technology, COFDM (Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) ensures that signals are received reliably and robustly, even in environments normally prone to interference.

Using a precise mathematical relationship, the digital data signal is split across 1,536 different carrier frequencies, and also across time. This process ensures that even if some of the carrier frequencies are affected by interference. or the signal disturbed for a short period of time, the receiver is still able to recover the original sound. The interference which disturbs FM reception, caused by radio signals "bouncing" off buildings and hills (multipath) is eliminated by COFDM technology. It also means that the same frequency can be used across the entire country, so no re-tuning of sets is necessary when traveling, or taking a portable receiver to a different area.

ADVANTAGES
Conventional analog radio cannot meet this standard, simply because of the technology used and the transmission environment in which it is broadcast. As well - unlike AM and FM - digital radio reception is virtually immune to interference, which means there are no static growls or 'multi path' echoes (caused by signal reflections off buildings or topographical features) to make listening unpleasant. at home, or in the car, In short, digital radio eliminates the noise that creeps into analog radio transmission and reception.

APPLICATIONS

Satellite Radio or Digital Audio Radio Service (DARS) is a subscriber based radio service that is broadcast directly from satellites. Subscribers will be able to receive up to100 radio channels featuring Compact Disk digital quality music, news, weather, sports. talk radio and other entertainment channels.

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