Presentation made to the Radio Advisory Board of Canada

1. Radio Advisory
Public Alerting
Board of Canada
June 18, 2012 with
Digital Broadcast Technologies
François Lefebvre
slideshare.net/fralef
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2. Objectives
Present
•CRC expertise
•CRC developments
•Non-expert perspectives (Public Alerting)
NOT Promote
•Technologies
•Approaches
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3. Receiving Alert Messages
Reach members of the public en masse to warn them
of an impending emergency as quickly as possible, at
anytime, anywhere they are.
Personal Smartphone
Connected
Wireless =
Mobile
Multimedia Great Platform !
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4. Delivering Alert Messages
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5. Delivering Alert Messages
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6. Delivering Alert Messages
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7. Delivering Alert Messages
All delivery mechanisms should
be treated as complementary if
the intent is to deploy an
efficient, effective, resilient
delivery system.
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8. Anatomy of a Smartphone
Convergence
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9. Broadcast Connectivity
Mobile Device
Broadcast Connectivity
In Canada
Radio:
FM/RDS
DAB
HD Radio
Satellite radio
TV:
Mobile DTV
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10. FM-RDS on Smartphones
Very inconsistent deployment:
- Very limited availability in USA
- Some availability in Canada and rest of the world
- By default on many devices but not active (part of combo
chip sets)
- Not on Apple products except iPod Nano
- No official FM API on Android (API available on ROMs)
- Open API in BB Curve selected models OS 7.1 (but no
FM on BB 10 ?)
- API on Windows mobile ? (Nokia Lumia)
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11. CRC Enables FM on Android Phone
 Q4 2010
New phone:
 Android
FM-RDS chip
(yes! But no API)
 Developed an API
(Silicon Labs fmsi4709)
 Enhanced the app
RDS Raw data access
Audio Volume Region
GUI Seek Copyright: Samsung
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12. FM TwoO Overview
 Released in February 2011 on Android Market
 Pronounce: Two "O", like in Web 2.0
 Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant (Bell)
 Demo/Testing Application
 First FM App on Android Market
 80k downloads to date
 Test mode (RDS via Wifi)
 RT+ Decoding
 RadioDNS: RadioVIS/EPG
 Distribute free library available
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13. FM TwoO vs. Samsung Stock FM App
src: mmbtools.crc.ca
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14. FM TwoO Compatibility
 Galaxy S Then: YES
 Galaxy TAB: NO
 Nexus S: NO
 5 Galaxy S US models: NO?
 Galaxy S 2: root
 Galaxy S Now: ROOT
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15. FM TwoO Emergency Warnings Demo
From FM/RDS
MASAS - RT/RT+
Gateway - PS
- PI
- Audio
To
FM/RDS and
RadioVIS
From Internet
- Image
- Text
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16. FM TwoO on BlackBerry Curve
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17. RDS and MDTV for Public Alerting
FM/RDS Mobile DTV
Open standard NO in progress (M-EAS A/153)
Penetration in Canada 95% 0%
Smartphone integration inconsistent no
Cost of chip set $0 - $1 ?
Energy consumption low ?
Multimedia NO YES
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18. CRC Potential Contributions
• Alerts formatting and transport (RDS)
• Standardization (ATSC member)
• RDS and Mobile DTV coverage planning
(CRC-COVLAB)
• Integrated antenna (RDS)
• Testing
• Field trials
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19. Thanks
francois.lefebvre@crc.ca
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