Investigation of the Influence of Reflective Insulation on Indoor Reception in Rural Houses

Author

Yan, Jie-Bang ; Bernhard, Jennifer T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

Volume

10

fYear

2011

fDate

7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

423

Lastpage

426

Abstract

We investigate the effects of reflective (metallic) insulation on indoor digital television (DTV) signal reception in rural houses. Simulation results indicate that under non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions, the presence of reflective insulation may significantly degrade indoor signal reception and cause a large variation of signal level inside a house. To predict the average signal level in domestic indoor sites, a simple empirical model that covers the DTV broadcast frequencies is proposed. Simulations also show that directional antennas may not necessarily improve indoor DTV signal reception.

Keywords

digital television; indoor communication; radiowave propagation; signal processing; television broadcasting; DTV broadcast frrequency; Rural Houses; directional antenna; domestic indoor sites; indoor digital television signal reception; non-line-of-sight conditions; reflective insulation; signal level; Digital TV; Dipole antennas; Directional antennas; Insulation; Receiving antennas; Building penetration; digital TV (DTV); indoor reception; outdoor–to–indoor propagation; radio propagation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2011.2150731

Filename

5763745