September 30, 2008
Broadcasting System Committee,
Telecommunications Technology Sub-Council,
Telecommunications Council

Proposals Invited on Systems Planned or Envisaged to Be
Adopted in Multimedia Broadcasting for Mobile Terminals

The Broadcasting System Committee (Chair: Prof. ITO Susumu, Tokyo University of Science) under the Telecommunications Council has been studying technical requirements for multimedia broadcasting systems for mobile terminals, among the technical requirements for broadcasting systems.

The Committee is inviting proposals on specific systems planned or envisaged to be adopted in multimedia broadcasting for mobile terminals, which will be launched in July 2011 and onward, as well as on frequency bands and frequency bandwidth necessary for such systems, with an aim to use the contributed proposals as basic references in its deliberations on the technical requirements.

1. Target of proposal invitation

Specific systems planned or envisaged to be adopted in multimedia broadcasting for mobile terminals1, and frequency bands and frequency bandwidth necessary for such systems

Note 1: multimedia broadcasting service for mobile reception, including reception with mobile terminals

2. Purpose of proposal invitation
Since July 2008, the Telecommunications Council has studied technical requirements for multimedia broadcasting service for mobile terminals, which is to be provided by using a part of the VHF band frequencies that will be vacated due to full digitization of terrestrial TV broadcasting. The Council has recently compiled system requirements as well as preconditions for proposals on systems.

In response, the Committee invites proposals on systems that are planned or envisaged to be adopted in multimedia broadcasting for mobile terminals, as well as on frequency bands and frequency bandwidth necessary for such systems, with an aim to use the contributed proposals as basic references in its deliberations on the technical requirements.

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