Procedure to Optimize Coverage and Throughput for a DVB-H System Based on Field Trials

Author

Joseph, Wout ; Plets, David ; Verloock, Leen ; Tanghe, Emmeric ; Martens, Luc ; Deventer, Etienne ; Gauderis, Hugo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ./IBBT, Ghent

Volume

54

Issue

3

fYear

2008

Firstpage

347

Lastpage

355

Abstract

A procedure to optimize the coverage and throughput for a DVB-H system is proposed. The performance of the system is evaluated by measurements for different modulation schemes, guard intervals, and MPE-FEC rates. Based on technical trial results, an optimal transmission scheme is proposed for a specific network, maximizing the coverage for a certain throughput requirement. This optimization will enable to select an optimal transmission scheme for future DVB-H trials and deployments.

Keywords

digital video broadcasting; modulation; video coding; DVB-H system coverage; MPE-FEC rates; digital video broadcasting-handheld; field trials; guard intervals; modulation scheme; optimal transmission scheme; Batteries; Bit rate; Broadcast technology; Digital audio broadcasting; Digital video broadcasting; Error correction; Helium; OFDM; Streaming media; Throughput; Coverage; DVB; DVB-H; MPE-FEC; digital video broadcasting-handheld; indoor reception; mobile reception; optimization; throughput;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBC.2008.2000552

Filename

4539814