Influence of Reception Condition, MPE-FEC Rate and Modulation Scheme on Performance of DVB-H

Author

Plets, David ; Joseph, Wout ; Verloock, Leen ; Tanghe, Emmeric ; Martens, Luc ; Deventer, Etienne ; Gauderis, Hugo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent

Volume

54

Issue

3

fYear

2008

Firstpage

590

Lastpage

598

Abstract

DVB-H networks allow high data rate broadcast access for hand-held terminals. A method to analyze the performance is developed. The influence of different MPE-FEC rates and modulation schemes on the performance of a DVB-H network is analyzed in this paper for 9 different reception conditions. Portable (indoor and outdoor) and mobile reception (car, train, tram, bus) are investigated. This analysis enables better estimations of the performance of DVB-H systems and an optimized DVB-H performance model. The percentage of valid reception, MPE-FEC gains, carrier to interference-plus-noise ratios, and minimal signal strengths for the different reception conditions and modulation schemes are presented.

Keywords

digital video broadcasting; forward error correction; modulation; telecommunication standards; television reception; DVB-H; MPE-FEC rate; carrier to interference-plus-noise ratios; modulation scheme; reception condition; Digital audio broadcasting; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Digital video broadcasting; Energy consumption; Error correction; Interference; Legged locomotion; Performance analysis; Physical layer; Streaming media; DVB; DVB-H; Digital video broadcasting—handheld; MPE-FEC; indoor reception; mobile reception; modulation scheme; physical layer; reception condition; reception quality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBC.2008.2000735

Filename

4555247