UHF Digital TV Radio Propagation Measurements: Fixed Reception Coverage Studies

Author

Cavalcante, João Felipe Buenaga ; Siqueira, Gláucio Lima ; Silva, Rogério Moreira Lima

Author_Institution

Rio Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007

Firstpage

879

Lastpage

883

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a extensive measurement campaign used to address the coverage study for a UHF signal to be used on the deployment of digital TV reception in Brazil. An experimental measurement setup was assembled and the received signal from a transmitter installed on the roof top of a 70 meter height building was measured in several points of the test environment. The results were compared with the most used coverage models and have shown which one of them presented the best behavior. Also the effect of antenna height was studies and compared with prediction models. This will allow better implementation of the foreseeing digital TV systems.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; digital television; television reception; UHF digital TV radio propagation measurements; fixed reception coverage; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Assembly; Digital TV; Microwave Theory and Techniques Society; Predictive models; Radio propagation; Radio transmitters; Testing; UHF measurements; Propagation models; Receiver antenna height effect; UHF experimental data; coverage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007. IMOC 2007. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Brazil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404397

Filename

4404397