Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Networks (eBook)

Contents 7
Preface 10
Introduction 14
Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Systems 24
COFDM Modulation 27
Digital Audio Broadcasting 38
DAB+ 43
Digital Multimedia Broadcasting 43
Digital Video Broadcasting 44
DVB-T2 49
Digital Video Broadcasting -- Handheld 51
MediaFlo 53
Digital Radio Mondiale 55
Management of the Electromagnetic Spectrum 57
International Telecommunications Union 57
European Conference of Postaland Telecommunications Administrations 61
European Commission 65
National Authorities 67
Frequency Allocations in Europe 67
Coverage Prediction 70
Technical Characteristics of Transmitters 72
The Terrestrial Radio Channel 73
Gaussian Channel 78
Stationary Multipath Channel 79
Rayleigh Channel 80
Rician Channel 81
Wave Propagation Models 82
Recommendation ITU-R P. 1546 84
Terrain Based Propagation Models 88
3D-Models 89
Full Area Field Strength Prediction 90
Coverage Assessment 92
Monte-Carlo Method 95
Power Sum Method 96
Log-Normal Method 97
Other Methods 98
Frequency Planning Basics 99
Assignments and Allotments 99
Definition of the Service Area for Assignmentsand Allotments 102
Reference Networks 104
Reference Planning Configurations 109
Co-channel Reuse Distances 111
Frequency Plan Generation 115
Compatibility Analysis 116
Field Strength Based CompatibilityAnalysis 116
Effective Distance Based Compatibility Analysis 119
Plan Synthesis 124
Planning Methods and Algorithms 125
Geometrical Allotment Planning 126
Graph Theory Based Algorithms 131
Sequential Graph Coloring 135
Weighted Graphs 138
Frequency Plan Synthesis by StochasticOptimization 139
Frequency Planning Scenarios 141
Spectrum Demand Studies 142
Constrained Frequency Assignment Problems 147
Network Planning Basics 157
Planning Parameters 157
Network Parameters 159
Wave Propagation 165
Receiver Models 167
Service Area 173
Network Topologies 176
Network Optimization 179
Assessment of a Network Configuration 182
Implementation of an Allotment Plan Entry 184
The Regional Radiocommunication ConferenceRRC-06 and the GE06 Agreement 189
Wiesbaden 1995 190
Chester 1997 194
Maastricht 2002 196
Regional Radiocommunication Conference RRC-04 197
The Regional Radiocommunication Conference RRC-06 and the GE06 Agreement 204
Overview of the Results of GE06 205
Article 4 --- Plan Modification Procedure 211
Article 5 -- Notification Procedure 217
Future Developments 229
The Envelope Concept 229
Digital Dividend 235
Sharing Spectrum with Mobile Communication Services 239
Future of Terrestrial Broadcasting 244
Stochastic Optimization 247
Great Deluge Algorithm 249
Evolutionary Strategies 252
Parallel Algorithms 256
Abbreviations and Symbols 260
List of Figures 264
List of Tables 279
Index 280