Interference analysis of co-sited DTV and NTSC translators

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Sgrignoli, Gary ^a,b  

^a Zenith Electronics Corporation   (United States)

^b Sgrignoli Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL ALLOCATION; DIGITAL TELEVISION STATIONS; EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER (ERP); TRANSMITTER POWER OUTPUT (TPO);

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION; IMAGE CODING; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; TRANSMITTERS;

DIGITAL TELEVISION;

EID: 15844407143     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2004.841752     Document Type: Article

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