Abstract
This article reviews technology and business enablers for
future flexible use concepts of the UHF broadcasting
spectrum (470-790 MHz) by digital terrestrial TV and MBB.
Flexible use of the UHF band aims to increase the
efficiency of spectrum use in delivering fast-growing and
converging mobile broadband, media, and TV content to
meet changing consumer needs. Enabling technical factors
are presented, and potential services are compared in
order to identify similarities and differences in
possible business model designs and scaling factors for
developing successfully deployable services and
regulatory concepts. The results indicate that several
services meet basic requirements to scale, leveraging key
existing assets and capabilities of LTE technologies and
the business ecosystem while extending current business
models beyond connectivity. Regulation and
standardization forums can utilize the developed use case
and service scenarios in analyzing the future of UHF
spectrum and LTE broadcasting evolution. Furthermore, the
flexible use concept has the potential to transform the
business ecosystem around both BC and MBB by introducing
new convergence opportunities for LTE's development
toward 5G.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 76-83 |
| Journal | IEEE Communications Magazine |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- broadcasting
- digital television
- ecology
- ecosystems
- business ecosystem
- business model designs
- business models
- business opportunities
- digital terrestrial TV
- mobile broadband
- scaling factors
- technical factors