Experimental study on Protection Distances between LTE and DVB-T stations operating in adjacent UHF frequency bands

Author

Aloisi, A. ; Celidonio, M. ; Pulcini, L. ; Rufini, A.

Author_Institution

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The present work aims to provide an effective contribution in the analysis of the coexistence problem between DVB-T signals, operating in the lower part of the UHF band (470-790 MHz), and signals of future mobile communication systems (LTE), operating in the digital dividend portion of the UHF spectrum (from 790 MHz to 862 MHz), resulting from the digital switchover process. Simulation analysis are carried out to estimate adjacent channel interfering effects of LTE Base Station (BS) and User Equipment (UE) signals on DVB-T receiver systems, through the computation of the correspondent Protection Distance in some specific operative scenarios. The goal of this analysis is to provide valuable inputs, in the mentioned frequency bands, in case of new mobile cellular networks deployment.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; UHF antennas; digital video broadcasting; radio networks; BS; DVB-T station; LTE base station; UE signal; adjacent UHF frequency band; adjacent channel interfering effect estimation; digital switchover process; frequency 470 MHz to 790 MHz; frequency 790 MHz to 862 MHz; mobile cellular network deployment; mobile communication system; protection distance; user equipment signal; Digital video broadcasting; Interference; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Receiving antennas; Block Emission Mask; Digital Dividend; Interference; LTE; Propagation Models; Protection Distance; Wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), 2011

Conference_Location

New York City, NY

ISSN

1934-5070

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0162-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WTS.2011.5960859

Filename

5960859