Statistical characterization of the field strength location variability for the new digital radio services in the Medium Wave band

Author

de la Vega, D. ; Lopez, S. ; Angulo, I. ; Gil, U. ; Pea, I. ; Guerra, D. ; Angueira, P. ; Ordiales, J.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of the Basque Country, Bilbao

fYear

2009

fDate

28-30 April 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper analyzes the field strength location variability in the Medium Wave band. Field data from an experimental transmission and statistical inference techniques are used in the study. Several reception scenarios are considered, attending to the main causes of the field strength fluctuations. The paper exposes results for the statistical characterization of both large scale variations and local variability, and useful values for coverage area estimations are given. A proper characterization of the location variability is necessary for the accurate system planning of the new digital radio services at this frequency band.

Keywords

digital radio; radiowave propagation; telecommunication network planning; coverage area estimation; digital radio; field strength fluctuation; field strength location variability; medium wave band; radiowave propagation; statistical inference; telecommunication system planning; Broadcasting Systems; Digital Radio Services; Field Strength Prediction; Ground-Wave Propagation; Location Variability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Ionospheric radio Systems and Techniques, 2009. (IRST 2009). The Institution of Engineering and Technology 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

978-1-84919-123-4

Type

conf

Filename

5235578