Parameterized radio waveform techniques for operating in multiple wireless environments

1. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memory elements having program instructions stored thereon that are executable by the one or more processors to:

determine subcarrier spacing and cyclic prefix size for received wireless broadcast transmissions based on a currently-configured parameter value set;

decode wireless broadcast transmissions based on a first parameter value set for a first radio environment, wherein the first radio environment has a first level of mobility of receiver devices and a first target distance of wireless transmission, wherein the first parameter value set includes a first frequency transform size and a sampling rate;

reconfigure the apparatus according to a second parameter value set for a second radio environment, wherein the second radio environment has a second level of mobility of receiver devices and a second target distance of wireless transmission, wherein the second parameter value set includes a second frequency transform size and a sampling rate; and

decode wireless broadcast transmissions based on the second parameter value set.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second parameter value set has one or more values that are selected to be compatible with a cellular wireless system operating in the second radio environment.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first radio environment is a rural environment and the second radio environment is an urban environment.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sampling rate included in the first parameter value set and the sampling rate included in the second parameter value set are the same sampling rate.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless broadcast transmissions that the apparatus is configured to decode based on the first and second parameter value sets are transmitted from the same broadcast transmitter.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless broadcast transmissions that the apparatus is configured to decode based on the first and second parameter value sets are transmitted from different broadcast transmitters.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a computing device to perform operations comprising:

determining subcarrier spacing and cyclic prefix size for received wireless broadcast transmissions based on a currently-configured parameter value set;

decoding wireless broadcast transmissions based on a first parameter value set for a first radio environment, wherein the first radio environment has a first level of mobility of receiver devices and a first target distance of wireless transmission, wherein the first parameter value set includes a first frequency transform size and a sampling rate;

reconfiguring one or more elements of the computing device according to a second parameter value set for a second radio environment, wherein the second radio environment has a second level of mobility of receiver devices and a second target distance of wireless transmission, wherein the second parameter value set includes a second frequency transform size and a sampling rate; and

decoding wireless broadcast transmissions based on the second parameter value set.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the second parameter value set has one or more values that are selected to be compatible with a cellular wireless system operating in the second radio environment.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the first radio environment is a rural environment and the second radio environment is an urban environment.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the wireless broadcast transmissions decoded based on the first and second parameter value sets are transmitted from the same broadcast transmitter.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the wireless broadcast transmissions decoded based on the first and second parameter value sets are transmitted from different broadcast transmitters.

12. A method, comprising:

transmitting, by a broadcast transmitter, a first parameter value set for a first radio environment that is usable by one or more receiver devices to decode wireless broadcast transmissions from the broadcast transmitter, wherein the first radio environment has a first level of mobility of receiver devices and a first target distance of wireless transmission, wherein the first parameter value set includes a first frequency transform size and a sampling rate and wherein the first parameter value set is usable to determine subcarrier spacing and cyclic prefix size for received wireless broadcast transmissions;

transmitting wireless broadcast data according to the first parameter value set;

transmitting, by the broadcast transmitter, a second parameter value set for a second radio environment that is usable by one or more receiver devices to decode wireless broadcast transmissions from the broadcast transmitter, wherein the second radio environment has a second level of mobility of receiver devices and a second target distance of wireless transmission, wherein the second parameter value set includes a second frequency transform size and a sampling rate; and

transmitting wireless broadcast data according to the second parameter value set.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second parameter value set has one or more values that are selected to be compatible with a cellular wireless system operating in the second radio environment.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first radio environment is a rural environment and the second radio environment is an urban environment.