Weighing the benefits and drawbacks of an SFN by comparing gain and interference caused by SFN operation

Author

Plets, David ; Verloock, Leen ; Joseph, Wout ; Martens, Luc ; Deventer, Etienne ; Gauderis, Hugo

fYear

2009

fDate

13-15 May 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

DVB-H networks allow high data rate broadcast services for hand-held terminals. A comparison of the SFN gain based on the electric-field strength and the carrier-to-interference-plus-noise ratio CINR will be presented in this paper. The measurement procedure will be presented and the obtained gains for the electric-field strength and CINR will be compared. Possible interference caused by the use of multiple transmitters in the SFN will be investigated and the results will allow to determine whether an SFN causes a net gain because of the SFN operation or a net loss because of SFN interference, deteriorating the performance. This SFN gain can be used for coverage planning of future networks.

Keywords

digital video broadcasting; interference (signal); DVB-H networks; SFN interference; carrier-to-interference-plus-noise ratio; digital video broadcasting handheld; electric-field strength; single frequency network; Base stations; Digital video broadcasting; Electric variables measurement; Gain measurement; Helium; Interference; Performance gain; Performance loss; Propagation losses; Transmitters; DVB; DVB-H; Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld; SFN; SFN gain; multiple transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, 2009. BMSB '09. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Bilbao

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2590-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2591-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISBMSB.2009.5133741

Filename

5133741