The effects of public safety mobile systems operations (in TV channels 63/68) on DTV and NTSC broadcasting

Author

Prendergast, Douglas ; Guillet, Michele ; Caron, Bernard ; Wu, Yiyan ; Wang, Xianbin ; Ledoux, Benoit ; Laflèche, Sébastien

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Center, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

51

Issue

1

fYear

2005

fDate

3/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

50

Abstract

The issue of Public Safety (PS) in North America has become more crucial since the Digital Television (DTV) transition allotment plans were developed. Therefore, Canada has designated a modest amount of spectrum in Television broadcast channels 63 and 68 for PS use. As a result of this decision, Co-channel Interference (CCI) and Adjacent-Channel Interference (ACI) resulting from PS operation in channels 63/68 into and from surrounding NTSC or DTV service need to be considered. This paper discusses the impact that (CCI) and (ACI), produced by PS mobile system operation in channel 63/68, has on DTV and NTSC operating in and around channels 63/68.

Keywords

adjacent channel interference; broadcast channels; cochannel interference; digital television; mobile radio; television broadcasting; ACI; CCI; DTV; NTSC broadcasting; adjacent-channel interference; cochannel interference; digital television; public safety mobile systems; television broadcast channels; Digital TV; Interchannel interference; Laboratories; Narrowband; Radiofrequency interference; Safety; TV broadcasting; TV interference; Testing; Wideband; ACI; CCI; DTV; NTSC; interference; public safety; spectrum; uppers 700 MHz band;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBC.2004.841745

Filename

1406151