DVB-T signal in cable TV network: advantages and limitations

Author

Hazmi, Ali ; Rinne, Jukka ; Renfors, Markku

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Lab., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland

Volume

7

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2281

Abstract

In this paper, we study the quality of the terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) transmission over the cable TV network. Usually, when terrestrial digital TV signals are distributed in the cable TV network a conversion is needed in the head-end, from DVB-T (OFDM) to DVB-C (single carrier). In this work we study the possibility of using the DVB-T signal without any conversion. At first, a simple model for the channel is designed taking into account the main impairments. Secondly, the performance of the DVB-T signal is simulated and compared to that of digital cable TV standard DVB-C that is based on single carrier technique. The comparison is based on the bit error ratio that each system can achieve, in the same channel environment. Channel interference problems are also simulated

Keywords

OFDM modulation; cable television; digital video broadcasting; television interference; CATV; COFDM; DVB-C; DVB-T signal; OFDM; bit error ratio; cable TV network; channel interference problems; single carrier technique; terrestrial digital TV signals; terrestrial digital video broadcasting; Cable TV; Coaxial cables; Digital video broadcasting; Distortion; Distributed amplifiers; Intelligent networks; OFDM; Optical amplifiers; Power cables; Quadrature amplitude modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2001. ICC 2001. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7097-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2001.937062

Filename

937062