ORS Group at the forefront of 5G Broadcast
5G Broadcast is the future of television and the ORS group is a global leader in the research and development of the new broadcasting standard. Since 2020, ORS has been running it's own testbed in Vienna and supporting companies and organisations in the further development of 5G broadcast applications.
5G Broadcast testbed in the heart of Europe
In order to establish 5G Broadcast in Austria, ORS launched a testbed in Vienna in 2020.
The new transmission standard will be researched in two phases over the next few years at two high-tower-high-power-transmitter sites on Vienna's Kahlenberg and in Vienna Liesing, as well as one system on the DC Tower.
The test will be coordinated and controlled from the ORF media campus (core location), the centre of operations.
Two test phases until 2024
First test phase compares DVB-T2 with 5G Broadcast
- In phase one (until 2021), the 5G broadcast technology was compared with the DVB-T2 antenna television standard in cooperation with the Vienna University of Technology, including the investigation of technical parameters such as data rates and reception quality.
Second test phase tests interaction between broadcasting and mobile communications
- In the second phase, which runs until the end of 2024, the interaction between broadcast and mobile network operators (BNO and MNO) and the provision of disaster and crisis information will be tested.
- Universities, mobile communications companies, chip and set-top box manufacturers can test their devices and applications in the existing test environment.
2023:
Optimised low latency tests for live events
At renowned events such as the Vienna Donauinselfest and the MotoGP in Spielberg, ORS tested the use of 5G Broadcast for live events for the first time. The results impressively demonstrated that 5G Broadcast is ideally suited for the delay-free broadcasting of live content at cultural and sporting events with high access numbers.
2022:
First 5G Broadcast capable smartphone
At MWC 2022 in Barcelona, the first 5G broadcast-enabled smartphone prototypes were presented to the public by ORS and its partners Qualcomm and Rhode & Schwarz. This means that all components enabling 5G Broadcast services are now available.
2021:
OBECA first open source 5G Broadcast receiver
In 2021 ORS developed the world's smallest open source 5G broadcast receiver as part of the "OBECA" (Open Broadcast Edge Cache Appliance) project. An important criterion is that the designed receiver is completely open source to enable future developments by third parties and to support the ecosystem in the long term.
2020:
5G Broadcast receiver in Bicycle Trailer
Since 2019, ORS has been working intensively on the new 5G Broadcast transmission standard. With 2020, the first mobile measurements with a specially developed Bicylce Trailer started in Vienna. In the process, the transmission capacity of 5G Broadcast was measured and evaluated in various everyday situations.
ORS Service offering for 5G Broadcast:
- Reconfiguration of commercial available mobiles to 5G BC commercial research devices
We offer companies and enterprises the conversion of commercial smartphones to CRDs (Commercial Research Devices), whereby 5G BC functionalities are activated to a limited extent. These enable the use of 5G BC instead of the cellular function, while the WiFi functionality is retained.
Our CRDs are suitable for 5G broadcast tests and demos, including hybrid dissemination scenarios. If you are interested, please contact us at: crd(at)ors.at
Further service offerings for 5G Broadcast are:
- Network/field planning
- Supporting the setup of testbeds
- Development of hybrid 5G Broadcast apps
- Public affairs for stakeholders
- Collaboration in R&D projects
We support you!
Would you like to have more information about our offerings for 5G Broadcast? If so, please contact our Service-Owner Ing. Markus Mangi.
