Title :
Antenna diversity for improved indoor reception of US digital terrestrial television receivers
Author_Institution :
Philips Res., Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA
fDate :
11/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Antenna diversity algorithms are presented and are shown to improve the reception performance of an ATSC A/53 compliant digital terrestrial TV receiver. A maximum ratio combining algorithm is outlined and the results of field tests of a prototype are presented. An improved beamforming algorithm is described and computer simulation results on captured data are presented. Antenna diversity (in many forms) provides many gains over current single antenna digital terrestrial TV receivers, in particular for indoor use.
Keywords :
array signal processing; digital television; diversity reception; television reception; television standards; ATSC A/53 standard; USA; antenna array; antenna diversity algorithms; beamforming algorithm; computer simulation results; digital TV standard; digital terrestrial TV receiver; digital terrestrial television receivers; indoor reception; maximum ratio combining algorithm; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Delay; Digital TV; Diversity methods; Diversity reception; Receiving antennas; TV receivers; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCE.2003.1196412
