DIGITAL RADIO GUIDE APPENDIX A: EUREKA 147
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Receiver Standards
European receiver standards have been developed by CENELEC, IEC and national standards
bodies (e.g., UK). A list of relevant receiver standards is in Table A.4.
Table A.4: Receiver Standards for Eureka 147
Reference Title
CENELEC EN 50255 Digital Audio Broadcasting system - Specification of the Receiver Data
Interface (RDI)
CENELEC EN 50248 Characteristics of DAB receivers
CENELEC EN 50320 The DAB Command Set for receivers
IEC 62105 Digital Audio Broadcasting System - Specification of the Receiver Data
Interface (RDI)
IEC 62104 Characteristics of DAB Receivers
ITU Publications and Recommendations
The International Telecommunications Union has a number of publications and
Recommendations relating to Eureka 147 and digital radio in particular. The “DSB
Handbook - Terrestrial and satellite DSB to vehicular, portable and fixed receivers in the
VHF/UHF bands” is an aggregation of ITU input documents and data. Relevant recommendations
are in Table A.5.
Table A.5: ITU Recommendations relevant to Eureka 147
Reference Title
BS.1115 Low data rate audio coding
BS.774-2 Service requirements for DSB to vehicular, portable and fixed receivers
using terrestrial transmitters in the VHF/UHF bands
BS.1114-3 Systems for terrestrial DSB to vehicular, portable and fixed receivers in
the frequency range 30-3 000 MHz
BO.789-2 Service for DSB to vehicular portable and fixed receivers for
broadcasting-satellite service (sound) in the frequency range 1 400-2
700 MHz
BO.1130-4 Systems for digital satellite broadcasting to vehicular, portable and fixed
receivers in the bands allocated to BSS (sound) in the frequency range
1 400-2 700 MHz