01420nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245004400055210004300099260004200142520105400184100002401238856003601262       2010                        eng d  a1913-610200aCRC Mobile Broadcasting F/LOSS Projects0 aCRC Mobile Broadcasting FLOSS Projects  aOttawabTalent First Networkc03/20103 aThe Communications Research Centre Canada, the federal government's primary laboratory for advanced telecommunications research and development, has been at the forefront of new developments in mobile digital broadcasting technologies since their inception in the late 1980s. During this time, digital replacement technologies have been standardized in an effort to rationalize spectrum use and enhance broadcasting applications with datacasting services and associated program information. Eureka DAB was the first all-digital mobile broadcasting technology to be conceived, developed and deployed. It became a widely adopted standard for digital radio in many countries around the world in the mid-1990s. DAB was officially launched in Canada in 2000.

This paper presents CRC's attempt to increase collaboration and innovation in the field of mobile broadcasting by developing and offering complete end-to-end Free, Libre and Open Source Software (F/LOSS) toolsets for the transmission and reception of DAB and FM/RDS applications and services.1 aLefebvre, François  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/333