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Reception Power Estimation using TxID Signal

TxID 신호를 이용한 수신전력 추정

  • Park, Sung-Ik (Broadcasting System Research Department, ETRI) ;
  • Kim, Heung-Mook (Broadcasting System Research Department, ETRI) ;
  • Oh, Wang-Rok (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • 박성익 (한국전자통신연구원 방송시스템연구부) ;
  • 김흥묵 (한국전자통신연구원 방송시스템연구부) ;
  • 오왕록 (충남대학교 전기정보통신공학과)
  • Published : 2009.05.30
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Abstract

In a single frequency network (SFN) for Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) terrestrial digital television (DTV) system, the interference due to the use of same frequency among multiple transmitters or repeaters is inevitable for receivers. This problem can be solved by adjusting transmit power and time of each transmitter and repeater. To adjust SFNs, the ATSC recommended practice (RP) introduces a transmitter identification (TxID) signal which is embedded in a signal from each transmitter or repeater. This paper proposes an efficient method to estimate the individual reception power from each transmitter or repeater based on the channel profile of SFN and the total reception power. Moreover, field test results are provided to evaluate the performance of the proposed method.

ATSC 방식의 지상파 디지털 TV 방송에서는 단일 주파수 망(SFN: Single Frequency Network) 구성 시 송신기들과 중계기들의 단일 주파수 사용에 따른 간섭 문제가 발생한다. 송신기와 송신기, 송신기와 중계기, 그리고 중계기와 중계기 간의 단일 주파수 사용에 따른 간섭문제를 해결하기 위해서는 방송망에 대한 채널 프로파일과 각각의 송신기 혹은 중계기로부터의 개별 수신 전력이 필요하다. 이를 위해 ATSC 권고에서는 각 송신기 및 중계기에 식별(TxID: Transmitter Identification) 신호를 할당하여 송신 및 중계 신호에 부가하여 전송한다. 본 논문에서는 TxID 신호를 이용하여 SFN 방송망의 채널 프로파일을 검출하고, 별도의 수신전력계측장치를 통해 SFN 방송망의 전체 수신전력을 측정한 후, 검출된 채널 프로파일과 측정된 전체 수신전력을 이용하여 각각의 송신기 혹은 중계기로부터의 개별 수신전력을 추정하는 방법을 제안한다. 또한, 필드 테스트를 통해 제안된 수신전력 추정방법의 성능을 검증한다.

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