Field testing DigiCipher HDTV in Los Angeles

Author

Paik, Woo H. ; Lery, Scott A.

Author_Institution

Gen. Instrum. Corp., San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

38

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

12/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

223

Abstract

Test results for DigiCipher, the first all-digital HDTV system developed by the American Television Alliance, showed that the DigiCipher system performed very well in all areas, including the laboratory testing of terrestrial transmissions. Recently, field testing of the DigiCipher HDTV system in the Los Angeles, California, area was undertaken to verify the performance of the system in a real world environment, and to help anticipate how DigiCipher will perform in US FCC field testing. The results indicated that reliable reception can be achieved at distances as far as 42 miles from the transmitter, with only 137 W of average power in the presence of strong adjacent channel and cochannel interference

Keywords

digital communication systems; high definition television; television broadcasting; 137 W; 42 miles; American Television Alliance; California; DigiCipher; FCC; Los Angeles; USA; adjacent channel interference; all-digital HDTV system; average power; cochannel interference; distances; field testing; laboratory testing; reception; system performance; terrestrial transmissions; test results; transmitter; AC generators; Decoding; Dipole antennas; FCC; HDTV; Power supplies; Signal to noise ratio; Test equipment; Testing; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/11.184723

Filename

184723