• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.251-257
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• 2012

In this paper, low power on-channel DTV repeater is implemented to improve the fringe area of terrestrial DTV broadcasting services and its effectiveness is verified by field trials. System requirements of on-channel repeater are drive from received signal model and gain transfer model. Implemented on-channel DTV repeater has coverage of about 1km with 10mW/MHz output power. Experimental results show that implemented system can effectively improve small/medium size DTV fringe areas in Korea.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.244-250
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• 2012

In this paper, worldwide standards and regulations on broadcasting services are reviewed to improve the fringe area of terrestrial DTV broadcasting services. Using these results, in-band/out-of-band emission requirements of low power DTV repeater with 10mW/MHz radiating power are proposed, and experimentally evaluated and verified. Using the proposed regulations, compact and cost-effective DTV repeater can be easily implemented to broaden DTV broadcasting coverage and to improve small/medium size DTV fringe areas.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.47 no.8
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• pp.99-107
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• 2010

In a single frequency network (SFN) for Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) terrestrial digital television (DTV) system, the interferences induced by the multiple transmitters and/or repeaters using the same frequency are inevitable. Since the presence of interferences results in performance degradation of the SFN, it is crucial to manipulate the interferences by adjusting the transmit power and timing of each transmitter and repeater. In the ATSC terrestrial DTV system, in order to facilitate the interference manipulation process, a transmitter identification (TxID) signal which is uniquely embedded in the signal to be transmitted from each transmitter and repeater is recommended. Even though the injection level of the TxID signal is much lower than the DTV signal, the TxID signal injection infects the DTV signal. Hence, the effect of the TxID signal on the DTV signal must be investigated before deployment. In this paper, the effect of the TxID signal on the performance of legacy DTV receivers under additive white Gaussian noise and multipath channel environments is investigated not only with computer simulation but also with laboratory and field tests. The test results show that the average threshold of visibility degradation of the legacy DTV receivers due to the TxID signal injection is less than 0.2 dB at the TxID injection level of -30 dB.