Title :
Influence of the BER on the intelligibility of the received DAB signal
Author :
Becker, T.C. ; Küchen, F. ; Wiesbeck, W.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochstfrequenztech. & Elektronik, Karlsruhe Univ., Germany
Abstract :
For Digital Audio Broadcasting networks new planning criterions apply: The bit error rate instead of fieldstrength is used to predict the coverage areas. Since several source and channel coding mechanisms have been developed for DAB, their influence on the intelligibility of the received signal is investigated in this paper. Hence, a value for the maximum allowed bit error rate of the unprotected channel is derived. This value guarantees very good signal quality and is used as planning criterion for coverage predictions
Keywords :
channel coding; coding errors; digital audio broadcasting; error statistics; planning; radio networks; radio reception; source coding; BER; bit error rate; channel coding; coverage areas; coverage predictions; digital audio broadcasting networks; planning; received DAB signal intelligibility; signal quality; source coding; unprotected channel; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Channel coding; Digital audio broadcasting; Error correction; Frequency; MONOS devices; Maximum likelihood decoding; Propagation delay; Streaming media;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1996. ICC '96, Conference Record, Converging Technologies for Tomorrow's Applications. 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3250-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1996.533656
