Digital television transmission parameters-analysis and discussion

Author

Eilers, Carl ; Sgrignoli, Gary

Author_Institution

Zenith Electron. Corp., Glenview, IL, USA

Volume

45

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

365

Lastpage

385

Abstract

Terrestrial digital (DTV) broadcasting is now underway in the major markets in the United States after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in several Reports and Orders set the standard on December 24, 1996, and subsequently released rules of operation and broadcaster channel allocations. Broadcasters are concerned with many in-band and out-of-band transmission parameters, including data signal quality, clock tolerance, radiated power tolerance, carrier phase noise, adjacent channel emissions, and precision frequency offset requirements. The FCC permits DTV power-level changes and/or transmitting antenna location and height and beam tilt in the context of the minimum interference levels. The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has provided guidelines for broadcasters in the form of suggested compliance specifications, which are covered in this paper

Keywords

adjacent channel interference; digital television; television antennas; television broadcasting; television interference; television standards; transmitting antennas; ATSC; Advanced Television Systems Committee; DTV broadcasting; FCC; Federal Communications Commission; TV standard; USA; United States; adjacent channel emissions; beam tilt; carrier phase noise; channel allocations; clock tolerance; compliance specifications; data signal quality; digital television transmission parameters; in-band transmission parameters; interference levels; out-of-band transmission parameters; precision frequency offset requirements; radiated power tolerance; transmitting antenna height; transmitting antenna location; Channel allocation; Clocks; Communication standards; Digital TV; FCC; Frequency; Interference; Phase noise; TV broadcasting; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/11.825532

Filename

825532