ETSI TS 103 461 V1.2.2 (2020-10)

Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); Domestic and in-vehicle digital radio receivers; Minimum requirements and Test specifications for technologies and products

RTS/JTC-DAB-105

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• Status: Not Published
• Technical Committee: BROADCAS - EBU/CENELEC/ETSI on Broadcasting
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 27-Oct-2020
• Completion Date: 15-Oct-2020

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ETSI TS 103 461 V1.2.2 (2020-10)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB);
Domestic and in-vehicle digital radio receivers;
Minimum requirements and Test specifications
for technologies and products

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Reference
RTS/JTC-DAB-105
Keywords
DAB, radio, receiver, requirements, testing
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
Modal verbs terminology . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 8
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
4 Digital Radio Certification Mark . 9
5 Minimum requirements for domestic digital radio receivers . 10
5.1 Introduction . 10
5.2 Frequency range . 10
5.3 Antenna connection . 10
5.4 Gaussian sensitivity . 11
5.5 Rayleigh sensitivity . 11
5.6 Receiver selectivity (adjacent channel interference) . 11
5.7 DAB and DAB+ channel decoding . 11
5.8 Analogue radio requirements . 12
5.9 Retuning . 12
5.10 Text display . 12
5.11 Alarm announcements . 13
6 Minimum requirements for in-vehicle digital radio receivers . 13
6.1 Introduction . 13
6.2 Frequency range . 13
6.3 Antenna connection . 13
6.4 Gaussian sensitivity . 13
6.5 Rayleigh sensitivity . 14
6.6 Receiver selectivity (adjacent channel interference) . 14
6.7 DAB and DAB+ channel decoding . 14
6.8 Analogue radio requirements . 14
6.9 Retuning . 15
6.10 Text display . 15
6.11 Announcement signalling and switching . 15
6.12 Service following . 16
7 Test specification for core technology . 16
7.1 Introduction . 16
7.2 Basic checks . 17
7.3 Audio testing . 18
7.4 Service information labels . 21
7.5 R.F. performance . 21
7.5.1 DAB test signal configuration . 21
7.5.2 Gaussian sensitivity . 22
7.5.3 Gaussian sensitivity - audio test . 23
7.5.4 Rayleigh sensitivity. 23
7.5.5 Adjacent channel selectivity . 24
7.5.6 Extended adjacent channel selectivity . 25
7.5.7 Power variation adjacent channel selectivity . 25
7.6 Reconfigurations . 26
7.7 Service list handling . 34
7.8 Domestic core technology . 38
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7.9 In-vehicle core technology . 39
7.10 Alarm announcements . 43
8 Test Specification for Products . 45
8.1 Introduction . 45
8.2 Applicability of the tests . 46
8.3 Product test for the user interface responses. 46
8.3.1 Introduction. 46
8.3.2 User Interface tests. 46
8.3.3 Test 1 - Scan add new services . 47
8.3.4 Test 2 - Play audio and view label for audio service . 49
8.3.5 Test 3 - Dynamic label is displayed correctly . 49
8.3.6 Test 4 - Scan and add another ensemble . 50
8.3.7 Test 5 - Select and play FM services . 54
8.3.8 Test 6 - Switch to an alarm announcement . 54
8.3.9 Test 7 - Scan and add another ensemble with All Europe regional profile characters . 54
8.4 Product test for radio performance . 55
8.4.1 Introduction. 55
8.4.2 Standard test conditions . 56
8.4.2.1 Environmental . 56
8.4.2.2 The OOI test . 56
8.4.3 RF test frequencies, pass / fail limits . 56
8.4.4 Method for conducted sensitivity test . 57
8.4.4.1 Initial conditions- measurement uncertainty calculation . 57
8.4.4.2 Empirical method - 1 kHz tone, DAB+ audio, EEP-3A . 57
8.4.4.3 Empirical method - music stream, DAB audio, UEP-3 . 58
8.4.5 Method for radiated sensitivity test . 58
8.4.5.1 Initial conditions - measurement uncertainty calculation . 58
8.4.5.2 Empirical method - 1 kHz tone, DAB+ audio, EEP-3A . 59
8.4.5.3 Empirical method - music stream, DAB audio, UEP-3 . 61
Annex A (normative): Product test streams . 62
A.1 PRODUCT-STREAM-01_V1.2.eti . 62
A.2 PRODUCT-STREAM-02_V1.2.eti . 62
A.3 PRODUCT-STREAM-03_V1.2.eti . 64
A.4 PRODUCT-STREAM-04_V1.2.eti . 64
Annex B (normative): Character mapping for RDS head units . 65
Annex C (normative): Product testing . 66
C.1 Conducted measurement uncertainty calculation (example) . 66
C.2 Radiated measurement uncertainty calculation (example) . 66
C.3 Conducted test result template . 67
C.4 Radiated test result template . 68
Annex D (normative): Characteristics of a Rayleigh channel . 70
D.1 Simulation of the mobile radio channel. 70
D.2 Doppler spectrum types . 70
D.2.1 General . 70
D.2.2 Doppler spectrum: CLASS . 70
D.2.3 Doppler spectrum: GAUS1 . 71
D.2.4 Doppler spectrum: GAUS2 . 71
D.2.5 Doppler spectrum: GAUSDAB . 71
D.2.6 Doppler spectrum: RICE . 71
D.3 Propagation models . 71
D.3.1 General . 71
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D.3.2 Typical Rural (non-hilly) area (RA) . 72
D.3.3 Typical Urban (non-hilly) area (TU) . 72
D.4 Tap setting for hardware simulators . 72
Annex E (normative): Centre frequencies . 75
History . 76

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Intellectual Property Rights
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Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by Joint Technical Committee (JTC) Broadcast of the European
Broadcasting Union (EBU), Comité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique (CENELEC) and the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
NOTE 1: The EBU/ETSI JTC Broadcast was established in 1990 to co-ordinate the drafting of standards in the
specific field of broadcasting and related fields. Since 1995 the JTC Broadcast became a tripartite body
by including in the Memorandum of Understanding also CENELEC, which is responsible for the
standardization of radio and television receivers. The EBU is a professional association of broadcasting
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The Eureka Project 147 was established in 1987, with funding from the European Commission, to develop a system for
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1 Scope
The present document describes the minimum requirements for digital radios, both domestic and in-vehicle, and the
necessary test methods that lead to compliance with the requirements. It may be used as the technical basis for a Digital
Radio Certification Mark scheme. A Digital Radio Certification Mark is designed to be used on product packaging and
provides an easily recognized mark to correspond to public information campaigns on the necessary requirements for
consumers to make a switch to digital radio. Manufacturers are, of course, free to include additional features or
increased performance compared to the minimum requirements specified in the present document.
This version adds support for tuned ensemble alarm announcements for all receivers to the minimum requirements and
provides clarification for the text display requirements which now accommodate the place of the regional profiles.
There are consequential changes to the core technology testing and there are two additional product tests. These updates
reflect changes to the DAB standards base since 2017.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference/.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI EN 300 401 (V2.1.1): "Radio Broadcasting Systems; Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) to
mobile, portable and fixed receivers".
[2] ETSI TS 101 756: "Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); Registered Tables".
[3] ETSI TS 103 176: "Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); Rules of implementation; Service
information features".
[4] ETSI ETS 300 799: "Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); Distribution interfaces; Ensemble
Transport Interface (ETI)".
[5] ETSI ETS 300 384: "Radio broadcasting systems; Very High Frequency (VHF), frequency
modulated, sound broadcasting transmitters".
[6] IEC 62106:2015: "Specification of the radio data system (RDS) for VHF/FM sound broadcasting
in the frequency range from 87,5 MHz to 108,0 MHz".
[7] Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018
establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (Recast).
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2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
Not applicable.
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms apply:
adapter: product that provides a DAB and DAB+ capability to another device
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adequate audio reception: error rate of the output data stream of the Viterbi decoder is equal to or better than 10
when decoding a 128 kbit/s DAB audio service transmitted with error protection level EEP-3A
band scan: user function to scan the whole of the tuning range to update the stored service list when required
receiver: any device designed to receive digital radio signals
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AAC Advanced Audio Coding
BER Bit Error Rate
CD Compact Disc
CU Capacity Unit
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DC Direct Current
DL Dynamic Label
DUT Device Under Test
ECC Extended Country Code
EEP Equal Error Protection
EId Ensemble Identifier
ETI Ensemble Transport Interface
EU European Union
FAR Fully Anechoic Room
FIC Fast Information Channel
FIG Fast Information Group
FM Frequency Modulation
FM-RDS Frequency Modulation-Radio Data System
ILS International Linkage Set
MCI Multiplex Configuration Information
MFN Multiple Frequency Network
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MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group
NI Network Independent
OE Other Ensemble
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OOI Occurrence Of Impairments
PAD Programme Associated Data
PC Personal Computer
PI Programme Identification code (RDS)
PS Parametric Stereo
PSU Power Supply Unit
RA Rual Area
RDS Radio Data System
RF Radio Frequency
RMS Root Mean Squared
SAR Semi Anechoic Room
SBR Spectral Band Replication
SFN Single Frequency Network
SI Service Information
SId Service Identifier
SPI Service and Programme Information
SPL Sound Pressure Level
TEM Transverse ElectroMagnetic
TMID Transport Mode IDentifier
TU Typical Urban
UEP Unequal Error Protection
UI User Interface
UTF Unicode Transformation Format
4 Digital Radio Certification Mark
The present document comprises the requirements and test specifications by which radio receivers can qualify to carry a
Digital Radio Certification Mark ("the Mark"). The purpose of the Mark is to ensure that consumers can readily identify
products which are suitable for reception of digital radio services and which provide features at a sufficiently high level
of performance to ensure that the product meets the criteria set out for a switchover process and beyond. The
requirements are based on the design of DAB transmission networks, which are the result of internationally agreed
coverage planning, and essential user features that present digital radio as a desirable yet affordable product.
In order to qualify for use of the Mark, products shall meet the minimum requirements set out for the type of product,
either
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