Statistical Analysis of Field Strength Location Variability for UHF Multimedia Broadband Services

Author

Arenas, José Antonio ; Gil, Unai ; Plets, David ; Angueira, Pablo ; Joseph, Wout ; Martens, Luc

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Dept., Univ. of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Volume

11

fYear

2012

fDate

7/4/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

36

Abstract

This letter investigates the location variability of the field strength for dimensioning broadcast networks targeting mobile reception. A statistical analysis of empirical data from three European cities is performed for services in UHF band, specifically in TV bands IV and V (470-860 MHz). This work demonstrates that currently used values based on ITU-R P.1546-1 are too pessimistic and lead to inefficient network dimensioning.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; broadband networks; multimedia communication; statistical analysis; European city; UHF multimedia broadband services; broadcast network; field strength location variability; mobile reception; network dimensioning; statistical analysis; Antenna measurements; Cities and towns; Digital video broadcasting; Europe; Mobile communication; Planning; Telecommunication standards; Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Digital broadcasting systems; orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM); single-frequency networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2011.2181312

Filename

6117063