Localization using DVB-T2 Signals

The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) has grown significantly in the last recent years. Unfortunately, in some environments such as dense urban or indoor areas, GNSS suffers from poor precision and lack of satellite visibility. Therefore, another positioning system is required to replace or augment GNSS in those environments. The use of Signals of Opportunity (SoOP) is one example of these complementary systems. Previous work explored the use of SoOP from a wide variety of sources, including cellular phone signals e.g. GSM, as well as digital TV signals (ATSC, DVB). This paper focuses on the possibility for using terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T2), which is the planned replacement of analog TV in Egypt, as a SoOP navigation system. Artificial delay, which has been proven to differentiate multiple transmitters in Single Frequency Network environment under multipath conditions, will be used in this work Moreover; this paper provides insight into the limitations and deployment recommendations for such a scheme for the DVB-T2 standard.