DTV (COFDM) SFN signal variation field tests in urban environments for portable outdoor reception

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-86

  Angueira, Pablo ^a   Vélez, Manuel M ^a   De La Vega, David ^a   Arrinda, Amaia ^a   Landa, Iratxe ^a   Ordiales, Juan Luis ^a   Prieto, Gorka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital terrestrial television; Measurement campaign; Portable reception

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL TELEVISION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; RECEPTION QUALITY; TELEVISION NETWORKS;

DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION; OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; PORTABLE OUTDOOR RECEPTION; SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORK; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER;

TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

EID: 0344951094     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2003.808738     Document Type: Article

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