MediaFLO

MediaFLO is a standard developed by the American chip manufacturer Qualcomm for the transmission of television images to mobile devices ( mobile television ). The term MediaFLO is an artificial word made up of Media and FLO, where FLO is the abbreviation for "Forward Link Only".

technology

In addition to DVB-H and DMB , MediaFLO is another technology for multicast transmission of television images and other media content.

The maximum possible data transfer rate should be up to 11 Mbit / s and the battery consumption of the mobile devices should be significantly lower than with the previous standards (up to four hours with a standard battery). The time required when changing channels should be reduced to approx. One and a half seconds.

Use worldwide

Qualcomm has founded a subsidiary called MediaFlo and is currently building a broadcast network in the USA. In the USA, Verizon and AT&T rely on MediaFlo. In Europe, MediaFlo is being tested by Qualcomm in cooperation with the British company BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting).

See also

• Mobile television
• DMB
• DVB-SH
• DVB-H

Web links

• Mediaflo - the third in the league , article in the Funkschau 12/2006, Siegmund Redl, Qualcomm Germany (technical description of MediaFLO in German)
• MediaFLO homepage at Qualcomm (English; overview of end devices, test networks and specifications)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ teltarif.de: Field test for the mobile phone TV standard MediaFLO , December 9, 2006
2. ↑ Heise: AT&T also relies on mobile TV , May 1, 2008