DocumentCode :
2388745
Title :
OFDM with guard interval and sub-channel equalization in a 2-resolution transmission scheme for digital television broadcasting
Author :
Santella, Giovanni
Author_Institution :
Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy
fYear :
1994
fDate :
1-5 May 1994
Firstpage :
374
Abstract :
The interest in a new digital terrestrial TV system, that allows improved quality and receiver portability, leads to the choice of a modulation system suitable for operation in a very hostile environment (interferences, multipath). A very effective solution, already experimented with digital audio broadcasting, is the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) technique with a guard interval. Unluckily such an interval grows from a few ten microseconds, sufficient for typical urban propagation environment, up to 600 microseconds, when the emerging single frequency network (SFN) is considered. A long guard interval (as required in a SFN) results in a excessive prolongation of the symbol period (T) and thus in bandwidth efficiency loss. In addition, the use of a too long symbol period is limited by the effects of time selectivity of the channel and by technological limitations. In this light, the use is suggested of a shorter guard interval and a low complexity equaliser at the output of each subcarrier to reduce the error produced by the echoes exceeding the guard interval duration. A multiresolution (MR) transmission scheme has been adopted in order to eliminate the sharp threshold effect in the fringes of the broadcast area. The system performances of a 2-resolution OFDM system have been evaluated by computer simulation on a frequency-selective channel for Rice and Rayleigh propagation environment
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; continuous phase modulation; digital communication; digital television; equalisers; error correction codes; fading; frequency division multiplexing; television broadcasting; 2-resolution transmission scheme; OFDM; bandwidth efficiency loss; complexity equaliser; computer simulation; digital television broadcasting; digital terrestrial TV system; error reduction; frequency-selective channel; guard interval; interferences; modulation system; multipath; multiresolution transmission scheme; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; receiver portability; single frequency network; sub-channel equalization; symbol period; technological limitations; time selectivity; urban propagation environment; Bandwidth; Digital TV; Digital modulation; Directive antennas; Intersymbol interference; OFDM modulation; Propagation delay; TV broadcasting; TV interference; TV receivers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1994. ICC '94, SUPERCOMM/ICC '94, Conference Record, 'Serving Humanity Through Communications.' IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1825-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1994.368988
Filename :
368988
Link To Document :
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