An efficient mobile coverage measurement system for ATSC DTV network

Author

Young-Woo Suh ; Young-Seok Jeong ; Sungho Jeon ; Il-Soo Kyung ; Hae-Sul Yang

Author_Institution

Tech. Res. Inst., KBS, Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2013

fDate

5-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents a mobile coverage measurement system for ATSC DTV networks. This system adopts four omni-directional antennas and one directional antenna on the roof of the vehicle. These antennas are connected with DTV channel and RF analyzers independently for the space diversity. All the analyzers are connected to the control computer by Ethernet and the measurement data is collected synchronously. With this mobile measurement system, it becomes more efficient to find coverage gaps inside DTV networks and suitable places for the installation of small power on-channel repeaters to fill those coverage gaps.

Keywords

digital television; directive antennas; omnidirectional antennas; television antennas; ATSC DTV network; DTV channel; Ethernet; RF analyzers; control computer; efficient mobile coverage measurement system; measurement data; mobile measurement system; omnidirectional antennas; on-channel repeaters; one-directional antenna; space diversity; Antenna measurements; Buildings; Digital TV; Directive antennas; Mobile communication; Coverage; Field trial; Propagation; Transmission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

2155-5044

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMSB.2013.6621776

Filename

6621776