DTV Reception Quality Field Tests for Portable Outdoor Reception in a Single Frequency Network

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-48

  Angueira, Pablo ^a   Vélez, Manuel Ma ^a   De la Vega, David ^a   Prieto, Gorka ^a   Guerra, David ^a   Matías, Jose María ^a   Ordiales, Juan Luis ^a  

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

Author keywords

COFDM; Digital terrestrial television; Field measurement campaign; Portable reception; Receiver performance; Single frequency network

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATORS; DIGITAL TELEVISION; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RECEPTION QUALITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TRANSMITTERS;

COFDM; DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION; FIELD MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; PORTABLE RECEPTION; RECEIVER PERFORMANCE; SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORK (SFN);

BROADCASTING;

EID: 12144288666     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2003.822988     Document Type: Article

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