A new method for I/Q impairment detection and evaluation in OFDM transmitters

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1480-1486

  Angrisani, Leopoldo ^a   Ghidini, Italo ^b   Vadursi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital transmitter testing; Digital transmitter troubleshooting; Digital video broadcasting terrestrial (DVB T); I Q impairment evaluation; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); Radio frequency (RF) measurements; Wireless local area network (WLAN)

Indexed keywords

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIGITAL TRANSMITTER TESTING; DIGITAL TRANSMITTER TROUBLESHOOTING; DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING-TERRESTRIAL; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) MEASUREMENTS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN);

RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 33749349018     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.880263     Document Type: Article

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