Prediction of reliability of two transmitters for broadcasting

Author

Almajdoub, Salahuddin A. ; Qarnber, I.S.

Author_Institution

Bahrain Univ., Isa Town, Bahrain

Volume

48

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

87

Lastpage

90

Abstract

The present paper shows that graph theory can (easily) be used as a tool to predict the reliability of broadcasting transmitters. The study is carried out on a broadcasting system formed by two transmitters which are fed from a common power supply unit. Graph theory is used to find the steady-state behavior of a seven state system (the broadcasting transmitters) described by a Markov model. A computer package that implements the algorithm formulation is developed. The results of the broadcasting transmitters are successfully obtained and compared with solutions produced using the circuit simulation program SPICE (simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis), where a high accuracy is clear from the obtained results.

Keywords

Markov processes; SPICE; broadcasting; graph theory; radio transmitters; reliability; software packages; telecommunication computing; television transmitters; Markov model; SPICE; broadcasting transmitters; common power supply unit; computer package; graph theory; reliability prediction; seven state system; steady-state behavior; Broadcasting; Graph theory; Integrated circuit packaging; Power supplies; Power system modeling; Power system reliability; Reliability theory; SPICE; Steady-state; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBC.2002.1021272

Filename

1021272