Effects of LTE signals on cable TV devices

Author

Hunter, David ; Coder, Jason ; Ladbury, John

Author_Institution

CableLabs, Louisville, CO, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

8-11 Jan. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. Personal phones and computing tablets are being widely deployed with 4G/LTE wireless communication capability. Some of the frequencies allocated for these devices are also used by cable TV multiple-system operators (MSOs) to deliver video and data services to homes. This raises the question of how susceptible the cable TV system is to interference from LTE signals. Set top boxes and cable modems are used as end point devices in an MSO cable plant. These devices are fed the RF signals over coaxial cable. To investigate the possible interactions between radiated LTE signals and cable systems, a number of tests were developed and conducted at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).

Keywords

4G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; cable television; 4G wireless communication; LTE signals; MSO cable plant; RF signals; cable TV devices; cable modems; coaxial cable; computing tablets; end point devices; multiple system operators; personal phones; set top boxes; Cable TV; Cable shielding; Coaxial cables; Modems; NIST; Performance evaluation; Reverberation chambers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI NRSM), 2014 United States National Committee of URSI National

Conference_Location

Boulder, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3119-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/USNC-URSI-NRSM.2014.6927947

Filename

6927947