Effects of DVB-H and 3G cellular networks integration

This article shows research of possibility to implement hybrid DVB-H and UMTS network. DVB-H network has been modelled for observed area, with several variations in system capacity — number of TV channels. Radio planning for network with previously defined capacity was performed. This model was used to research dependency between DVB-H network implementation costs and requested number of TV channels. Implementation cost analysis of DVB-H mobile television network has also been performed. Effects of implementation of three types of hybrid DVB-H/3G network on mobile television network implementation cost have been analyzed and advantage of hybrid network, comparing to DVB-H network alone, has been estimated.