DTV reception quality field tests for portable outdoor reception in a single frequency network

Author

Angueira, Pablo ; Vélez, Manuel Ma ; De La Vega, David ; Prieto, Gorka ; Guerra, David ; Matías, Jose María ; Ordiales, Juan Luis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, Spain

Volume

50

Issue

1

fYear

2004

fDate

3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

48

Abstract

This paper presents a field measurement campaign developed to study the influence of the special features of a Single Frequency Network (SFN) reception in the C/N thresholds applicable to portable DTV reception. The measurements presented here were performed inside coverage areas of the nationwide SFN which broadcasts DTV (COFDM 8 K mode) services in Spain. The aim of this paper is to present some network planning reference values for portable reception in urban environments where both multipath and multiple transmitter reception have to be taken into account to ensure a good quality of service.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; digital video broadcasting; telecommunication network planning; television receivers; television reception; television transmitters; C/N threshold; COFDM 8 K mode; Spain; digital television reception quality field test; digital terrestrial television broadcast service; field measurement campaign; multipath reception; multiple transmitter reception; nationwide single frequency network reception; network planning reference value; portable outdoor reception; receiver performance; urban environment; Area measurement; Degradation; Demodulation; Digital TV; Frequency measurement; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Performance evaluation; System testing; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBC.2003.822988

Filename

1269944