Rds

by Dietmar Kopitz

Overview

Authored by two leading experts in Radio Data System (RDS) technology, this book provides easy access to information on RDS technology, specifications, and implementation in one authoritative reference. The authors, who are key figures in the development of RDS and RDS-TMC technology, use a step-by-step approach to overview the background, techniques, capabilities, and limits of these systems.

This comprehensive guide references and explains the most up-to-date enhancements to RDS and RBDS (the US specification of RDS) as adopted by the official standardization bodies of CENELEC in Europe and the NRSC of NAB/EIA in the USA. It also includes:

>The first comprehensive description of RDS-TMC and its implementation as pursued by the European Commission

>A detailed discussion of solution-enhancing alternative radio data systems

>RDS implementation information held by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the RDS Forum

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890067444
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/31/1998
Series:	Artech House Telecommunications Library Series
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dietmar Kopitz and Bev Marks are engineers with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and were both actively involved in the development of the RDS. Both authors' recent research activity include work with the European Commission's 4th Framework Transport Applications Programme.

Table of Contents

Contents: What Can be Achieved with RDS and How Have the Relevant Specifications Developed. RDS in Europe vs. RBDS in the USA - Summary of Changes in the Latest Specifications. RDS Features Serving as Tuning Aids (PI, ECC, PS, AF lists, TP, Slow Labeling). Radio Programme Travel Information Services (TA, EON and EON-TA). Radio Programme Related Data Services (PTY, PTYN, RT, DI, PIN, Language id.). Open Data Application (ODA, AID). Impact on Intelligent Transport Systems (RDS-TMC, Dynamic Route Guidance, DGPS). Radio Paging (RP and Enhanced Radio Paging). Various Other Applications (CT, IH, TDC, EWS). RDS Encoders and the Universal Encoder Communication Protocol (UECP). Receivers. Other Radio Data Services: AMDS, SWIFT/DARC, DAB, GSM. The Future of RDS. Appendices.

Editorial Reviews

Kopitz and Marks have been intimately involved with the creation and development of the Radio Data System within the European Broadcasting Union, designed to improve FM radio generally and mobile reception specifically, and to provide traffic and travel information. Their treatment is not technical in the sense of circuit diagrams and waveform equations, but provides detailed information for those who want to use the system or create one like it. They discuss the overall system and applications, features serving as tuning aids, radio program features, additional information features, traffic information services, intelligent transport systems, basic and enhanced radio paging, demodulators and decoders, modulation of the data signal, and other topics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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