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International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control

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ISSN (Print): 2210-3279
ISSN (Online): 2210-3287

A Field Measurement Campaign for a DVB-T/H System with Transmit Delay Diversity

Author(s): Raffaele Di Bari, Karim M. Nasr, Maurice Bard, John Cosmas, Rajagopal Nilavalan, K. K. Loo and Kannan Krishnapillai

Volume 1, Issue 1, 2011

Page: [14 - 23] Pages: 10

DOI: 10.2174/2210327911101010014

Abstract

This paper presents a field measurement campaign carried out by the IST PLUTO project to quantify the advantages that can be achieved practically if transmit delay diversity is applied to DVB-T/H systems. An extensive field trial was performed in Uxbridge (UK) to validate transmit diversity gain predictions obtained previously from theoretical modelling and laboratory measurements. DVB-T/H transmissions were performed in the 730 MHz frequency band. It is concluded that transmit delay diversity achieves significant improvement in the reception quality in difficult to reach areas without impacting the standard or increasing the complexity of receivers.

Keywords: Field trials, transmit delay diversity, DVB-T/H, Antenna Separation, Transmission Parameters, Channel Parameters, SISO, MPE-FEC extension


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