Under The esteemed guidance of

T.VIDYA M.Tech
Associate Professor

PRESENTED BY
B.SESHA RATNAM

What is IBOC
IBOC a new system
Digital radio
Why digital radio?
Eureka 147
Block diagram
IBOC modes of operation
IBOC implementation Techniques
Why delay in adoption?
Advantage
Applications
Future scope
References
Conclusion

What is IBOC?

In-band on -channel (IBOC) is a hybrid

method of transmitting digital radio and
analog radio broadcast signals
simultaneously on the same frequency.

IBOC: A New System

The IBOC technology allows digital audio broadcasting

without the need for new spectrum allocations for the
digital signal.
The IBOC system will be compatible with existing tuners
as it utilizes the existing AM and FM bands by attaching
a digital side band signal to the standard analogue
signal.
For digital compression, the IBOC uses a perceptual
audio coder (PAC) developed by Lucent Technology.

Digital radio

 Digital radio, also called digital audio broadcasting

(DAB), is transmission and reception of radio signals
in the digital domain, as opposed to the traditional
analogue transmission/reception by AM and FM
systems.
Digital radio is similar to hooking up the digital output
from a CD player directly to a radio transmitter. At the
other end is a digital-to-analogue converter (DAC),
which converts the digital signal back into analogue
mode so that it can be heard on the audio system as it
was recorded.
In practice, the CD player is hooked up to a control
board, which, in turn, routes the signal as part of the
feed to the radio stations transmitter.

 The signal is either impressed onto a signal carrier and

transmitted via uplink to a satellite or transmitted across
the land.
In both the cases, the signal is received and converted
into analogue by a specialized DAC within the radios
tuner circuit.
Currently, digital radio broadcasts are available in
select countries, including the UK , Germany and
Canada.

Why Digital Radio?

The main advantage of digital radio is that it
doesnt have the usual distortion associated
with analogue radio such as hissing, popping
and phasing.
It is immune to distortion from multipath,
adjacent stations.
User get a new array of data-rich services
including traffic information, sports score and
weather updates, stock prices, etc..
The data is displayed on the LCD in the form
of text, images and video. Thus multimedia
radio becomes reality.

Eureka 147: The Digital

Radio

Uses at much higher frequencies than standard 88108Mhz FM band and 0.525-1.705MHz AM band.
UK utilizes Band III (174-240 MHz)
Canada uses L-Band (1452-1492MHz)
The eureka system broadcasts multiple stations
and services over a single frequency in something
called a multiplex.
The bandwidth within the multiplex is allotted to
stations as needed.
Stereo programming is typically broadcast at
192kilobits

Block diagram of the IBOC

DAB transmitter

IBOC modes of operation

Hybrid mode :
In this mode the digital signal is inserted within a 69.041 kHz
bandwidth, 129.361 KHz on either side of the analog FM signal.
The IBOC Hybrid mode digital signal is transmitted in sidebands
either side of the analog FM signal and each sideband is
approximately 23 dB below the total power in the FM signal.

Extended hybrid mode :

This mode includes the hybrid mode and additional digital

signals are inserted closer to the analog signal, utilizing a
27.617 kHz bandwidth, 101.744 kHz on either side of the
analog FM signal. The total power of the digital
sidebands is 20dB below the nominal power of the FM
analog carrier

Digital mode

This mode replaces the analog signal with additional

digital signals and also includes the digital signals of
the Hybrid and Extended Hybrid Modes. The total
power of the digital sidebands is 10dB below the
nominal power of the replaced FM analog carrier.

IBOC Implementation
Technique
The requirement for FM-to-IBOC isolation is also
somewhat difficult to achieve in practice because of the
power ratio between FM and IBOC(100:1).
In a combiner that has to deal with a 1:1 power
combining ratio, a 26 dB isolation seems to be fine.
There are a few techniques used to combine FM and
IBOC signals.

Low Level Combining Option

 Low level combining relies essentially on a

common mode amplification technique which means
that both the host FM and the IBOC signals are
amplified in the same Power Amplifier(PA).
This method requires very good linearity from the
PA part.
Most PAs cannot handle common mode
amplification at rated output power; they have to be
operated in the most linear portion of their transfer
curve which results in a substantial back-off(around
6-10 dB).
As IBOC adds about 1% to the total channel
power, its power contribution is negligible so the
power rating of the antenna is normally not an issue

High Level Combining

Option

 High level combining is based on the use of

distinct power amplifiers for the Host FM and
the IBOC signals.
This technique uses an IBOC Power injector
which is basically an inverted directional
coupler
Its power ratio is selected to minimize the
loss on the host path, typically 0.5 dB.
Such an injector offers a loss of about 10 dB
on the IBOC path

Split level
combining

 Split level combining is a technique that uses only

a part of the power amplifier to carry IBOC, using

common mode amplification.
Most of the modules are fed with the FM Host
signal at full rated power while a few modules are
carrying both IBOC & FM with a substantial power
back-off.
Therefore the resulting composite back-off of the
entire transmitter is mitigated by the fact that most
of the modules are running at full power.
This is usually the most efficient scheme

Why delay in adoption?

Low power FM stations are prone to

interference.

IBOC licensing, and service rules have not

been adopted yet.

Cost is high.

Advantages

High quality sound

It provides low noise.

It provides very low distortion.

It provides to use of multiple digital carrier.

Application

The following are the application of IBOC technology

shown below

It is used in digital radios.

It is used in car receiver.

It is used in Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver.

It is used in smart TVs.

Future scope
Itsfeaturesinclude

Direct-to-carrier signal generation, instead

of generating the signal on an intermediate
frequency and up covnerting.

Accepts the IBOC data stream as a high

speed serial data stream from the IBOC
signal generator.

Serial interface for control and monitoring.

REFERENCES

Technical papers from iBiquity Digital: http://www.ibiquity.com/technology/papers.htm

FCC Report and Order: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02286A1.pdf

FCC: IBOC FM Transmission Specification:

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02-286A2.pdf

IBOC AM Transmission Specification:

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02-286A3.pdf

Further information on IBOC from Broadcast Electronics:

http://www.bdcast.com/HDRadio/

IBOC information from Radio World Magazine:

http://www.radioworld.com/reference-room/iboc/index.shtml

CONCLUSIONS
Objective test results conclude that on introduction of
a Hybrid IBOC digital transmission there is potential
for reduction of the host analog audio quality in home
stereo receivers and portable radio receivers by a
substantial reduction in the signal-to-noise.

Thank you
B.Sesha Ratnam