On the influence of moving objects on DVB-H systems with an antenna on top of a wind turbine

The aim of this document is to study the feasibility of installing a DVB-H antenna on top of the gondola of a wind turbine. Indeed, at the moment the study was initiated, there was only information available on the influence of wind turbines on analog TV reception [1]. The speed of the blades will generate reflected/diffracted rays with Doppler and delay. With EPICS ray tracing software the electromagnetic rays arriving to the receiver antenna are computed and analyzed using Matlab. The resultant data are introduced in a DVB-H link simulator to compute the BER. Conclusions will be drawn on the effect of these interferences on the DVB-H receiver. It will be shown that only in few cases significant effects can be noticed.