Analysis of the Transport Layer Candidate Technologies for the TV 3.0 Project

Guest Editorial Special Issue on Inter-Tower Communications and Networks

“…MMT has IP at the center of its structural design, enabling this standard to provide services that combine broadcasting and other communication systems using IP packets [17]. More recently, the Call for Proposals for the "TV 3.0 Project" run by the Brazilian Digital Terrestrial Television System (SBTVD-T) described the prerequisite of an IP-based transport Layer [18]. In China, although the proposed Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast (DTMB-A) has put its primary efforts into improving the PHY, one of the largest cellular operators (i.e., China Broadcasting Network) has proposed a core network applicable to China radio and television for the rapid deployment of 5G broadcasting services [19].…”