Static Reception Results of DRM+ Field Trials in VHF Band II in Brazil

Author

Matias, J.M. ; Lima, F.F. ; Souza, R.S.L. ; Batista, Claudio G. ; Mena, A.V. ; Cuellar, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun. Eng., Nat. Autonomous Univ. of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico

Volume

59

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept. 2013

Firstpage

422

Lastpage

431

Abstract

The DRM+ (Digital Radio Mondiale) system is the extension up to 300 MHz of the DRM digital radio broadcasting system. During 2010 three different trials were conducted in Brazil with DRM+ system in VHF band II (popularly called FM band). These trials were defined to have a big, medium and small coverage area for big, local and community broadcasters. For this purpose, different transmission powers were used. The transmission was done with only DRM signal in low power trial. In the high and medium power trials the transmission was done in “combined mode”, that is, the FM and DRM+ signals were transmitted in adjacent channels from the same transmission site. In this paper the results of these trials are explained and compared with theoretical values.

Keywords

radio broadcasting; radio reception; radio transmitters; wireless channels; Brazil; DRM digital radio broadcasting system; DRM signal transmission; DRM+ field trial; FM band; VHF band II; adjacent channel; digital radio mondiale; powers transmission; static reception result; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Cities and towns; Frequency modulation; Radio transmitters; Signal to noise ratio; Urban areas; Digital audio broadcasting; digital radio; digital radio mondiale; field trials; radio broadcasting; radio propagation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBC.2013.2273992

Filename

6571211