DTV repeater emission mask analysis

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-80

  Sgrignoli, Gary ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Digital transmission system; DTV; Emission mask filters; FCC emission mask; Repeaters; Terrestrial broadcast; Translators; VSB

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL TELEVISION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS;

CHANNEL SPLATTER; DIGITAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; EMISSION MASK; TERRESTRIAL BROADCAST;

TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

EID: 0037360137     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2003.809290     Document Type: Article

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