Extensive penetration loss measurements and models for different building types for DVB-H in the UHF band

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 55, Issue 2 PART 1, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Plets, David ^a   Joseph, Wout ^a   Verloock, Leen ^a   Martens, Luc ^a   Gauderis, Hugo ^b   Deventer, Etienne ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buildings; Digital video broadcasting handheld; DVB; DVB H; Indoor; Indoor reception; Penetration loss; Physical layer

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING-HANDHELD; INDOOR; INDOOR RECEPTION; PENETRATION LOSS; PHYSICAL LAYERS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 77955085672     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2008.2008766     Document Type: Article

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