Planning factors for fixed and portable DTTV reception

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-223

  Bendov, Oded ^a   Wu, Yiyan ^b   Rhodes, Charles W ^c   Browne, John F X ^d  

^a TV Transmission Antenna Group Inc   (United States)

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

^c John F X Browne and Associates ^*  (United States)

^d John F X Browne and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

DTTV; Field strength; Fixed reception; Interference; Link budget; Man made noise; Planning factors; Portable reception; Service grades; Sky noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BROADCASTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIO INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TELEVISION TRANSMITTERS;

DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTTV); LINK BUDGETS; SERVICE GRADES; SKY NOISE;

DIGITAL TELEVISION;

EID: 5444268816     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2004.834011     Document Type: Article

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