The Korean T-DMB SystemVIDEO FOR MOBILE AND HANDHELD DEVICES: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KOREAN T-DMB SYSTEM S.K. Lee1, C.S. Kwak1, S. Scolan2 1 KBS Broadcast Technical Research Institute, South Korea, 2 HARRIS Rennes, France ABSTRACT The Korean authorities have been seeking a solution to provide television for handheld devices: this is how DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) has been born. The DAB Eureka-147 digital radio European standard has been looked at as the starting point for this project. After more than two-years’ analysis, it has been adopted as the best candidate for the terrestrial DMB transport mechanism, thanks to its native benefits such as mobile reception ability and good bit-rate capacity. By using MPEG-4 AVC video compression, and because the target terminals are small handheld one……