Digital terrestrial television (COFDM 8K system) field trials and coverage measurements in Spain

Author

Arrinda, A. ; Velez, M. Ma ; Angueira, P. ; de la Vega, David ; Ordiales, J.L.

Author_Institution

Univ. of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Volume

45

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

171

Lastpage

176

Abstract

This article presents the results of the first digital terrestrial television field trials and coverage measurements in Spain. First of all the VIDITER project is presented. The main objective of this work is to study the behavior of a whole digital terrestrial television network, from source coding up to the final signal reception. At this point, the experimental network installed in Madrid is described. Next, the measurement campaign is explained, first, by describing the network configuration used for these first field trials, and then, paying attention to the criteria used to select the measurement points and the parameter set to be tested. Some of the results obtained are shown as a first approach to the figures needed to develop and plan a fully operational digital terrestrial television service

Keywords

OFDM modulation; digital video broadcasting; source coding; television networks; television reception; COFDM 8K system; DVB-T; Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial; Madrid; Spain; VIDITER project; coverage measurements; digital terrestrial TV; digital terrestrial television network; digital terrestrial television service; experimental network; field trials; measurement points; network configuration; parameter set; signal reception; source coding; Antenna measurements; Digital modulation; Frequency synchronization; Interference; Laboratories; Modulation coding; Radio transmitters; Sea measurements; System testing; TV;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/11.796257

Filename

796257