• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.1181-1188
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• 2007

This paper presents the measured signal performances in the urban environment for the DVB-H parameters such as code rate, burst size, FFT mode and modulation technique to analyze the DVB-H signal performance avaible for the embodiment of single frequency network to improve the frequency efficiency. Measurements were performed for the case for applying and non-applying MPE-FEC technique simultaneously. Results show that the most outstanding performance are found in the case of QPSK modulation, 1/2 code rate, 2 k FFT mode and 512 burst size. In addition, the signal performance by the SFN with 1/8 guard interval becomes superiour in comparision with the measured data from each site and the data from SFN with 1/32 guard interval. The analysis of the results can be instructive for the improvement of the signal performance and broadcasting quality for the terrestrial digital mobile broadcasting service.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.64-72
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• 2011

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 same frequency are unavoidable. To ease the interference handing in the SFN for ATSC DTV system, transmitter identification (TxID) signal is recommended in the ATSC terrestrial DTV system. The TxID signal is embedded in the ATSC DTV signal and transmitted from each transmitter and repeater within the SFN and in ATSC recommended practice (RP) A/111, Kasami sequence is recommended as the TxID signal. In this paper, we propose an additional data transmission scheme using the TxID signal. In the proposed scheme, the Kasami sequence not only acts as the conventional TxID of the SFN for ATSC terrestrial DTV system but also carriers the additional data bits on its polarity and the code phase.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.79-84
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• 2014

Increasing demand for realistic media and improvement of transmission and device techniques accelerate ultra-high definition(UHD) service realization. In Korea, the cable TV broadcasting companies are planning to commercialize in Apr. 2014. For the terrestrial TV broadcasting service, technical issues are considered for the specification of UHD broadcasting system. However, the frequency bands and the system bandwidth for the terrestrial UHD broadcasting system have not been decided. In this paper, we propose required spectrum bandwidth for the next-generation terrestrial broadcasting service considering source coding, error correcting codes and modulation techniques. Also, we propose frequency management plan for terrestrial UHD broadcasting system in which we divide all parts of the country into 9 frequency zones and allocate 4 frequency band to each frequency zone considering single frequency network (SFN).

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.295-302
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• 2011

In this paper we consider technological requirements to broadcast digital television signals using single frequency networks(SFN) in the Advanced Television Systems Committee(ATSC) transmission systems and propose Interference Cancellation Digital On Channel Regenerative Repeater(IC-DOCR) thar overcomes the limitation of EDOCR(Equalization Digital On Channel Repeater) proposed by ETRI. The proposed IC-DOCR maintains the benefits of EDOCR that have good output signal quality removing multi-path, additive white Gaussian noise(AWGN). In additional, since the Interference Cancellation algorithm using the 8-VSB symbol demodulation of received signal removes the Interference of feedback signal, IC-DOCR improve the weakness of EDOCR that have low isolation between receive and transmit antenna so that can overcome the limitation of output signal power. we did analysis and verification of the proposed system performance using computational simulation.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.9 no.4 s.25
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• pp.371-383
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• 2004

In this paper we consider technological requirements to broadcast digital television signals using single frequency networks (SFN) in the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) transmission systems and propose equalization digital on-channel repeater (EDOCR) that overcomes the limitations of conventional digital on-channel repeaters (DOCRs). Since there are no forward error correction (FEC) decoder and encoder, the EDOCR does not have an ambiguity problem. In addition, since an adaptive equalizer in the EDOCR removes multi-path signals, additive white Gaussian noise (A WGN), and feedback signal due to low antenna isolation, the EDOCR may have good output signal quality with high power.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.350-364
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• 2008

Single frequency network (SFN) design based on the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) specification, a terrestrial digital television (DTV) system, normally causes a interference problem, among signals from multiple transmitters or repeaters. To solve this, the ATSC recommended practice (RP) introduces a transmitter identification (TxID) signal embedded in a signal from each transmitter or repeater. A TxID signal analyzer is then used to detect the TxID signal, and following the analysis results, a SFN design can be adjusted. This paper discusses the generation and usages of Kasami sequence, is used the TxID signal. The configuration of the TxID signal analyzer to efficiently detect TxID signal is proposed and the results of theoretical performance analysis are provided. Moreover, computer simulation and laboratory test results are provided to evaluate the performance of TxID signal analyzer and the theoretical performance analysis.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.9-14
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• 2009

In this paper, we proposed spreading code slicing technique for efficient transmitter detection in AT-DMB system with single frequency network. At the transmitter, the spreading code for transmitter identification inserted using slicing technique on forehead of null symbol and then transmitted. In this point, it requires high correlation characteristic spreading code. At the receiver, peak to peak value calculated by correlation process before signal demodulation. The transmitter information by proposed technique is employed to implement the single frequency network (SFN) which is proposed for solving a frequency inefficiency problem of the MFN. The results of the paper can be applied to wireless multimedia digital broadcasting system.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.31 no.4C
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• pp.351-363
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• 2006

The 8-VSB modulation, the transmission standard for the terrestrial digital television(DTV) of the Advanced Television Systems Committee(ATSC), suffers from multipath fading because it conveys information on the amplitude. To solve this problem, decision feedback equalizers(DFE's) have been commonly used in terrestrial DTV receivers. However, under severe channels, such as a 0 dB ghost channel or a single frequency network (SFN) channel, the DFE shows unstable convergence due to the error propagation caused by decision errors. Instead of unstable time-domain DFE schemes, by proposing a frequency-domain direct-inversion equalization method, we try to guarantee stable equalization and achieve low symbol error rates. To secure the existence of a channel inverse, channel-matched filtering and noncausal filtering are carried out prior to equalization. Simulation results show that the proposed method performs much better than existing DFE schemes in terms of both the stability and the symbol error rate.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.496-503
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• 2013

In an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system, conventional interpolation techniques cannot correctly balance performance and overhead when estimating dynamic long-delay channels in single frequency networks (SFNs). In this study, classical filter analysis and design methods are employed to derive a complex interpolator for maximizing the resistible echo delay in a channel estimator on the basis of the correlation between frequency domain interpolating and time domain windowing. The coefficient computation of the complex interpolator requires a key parameter, i.e., channel length, which is obtained in the frequency domain with a tentative estimation scheme having low implementation complexity. The proposed complex adaptive interpolator is verified in a simulated digital video broadcasting for terrestrial/handheld receiver. The simulation results indicate that the designed channel estimator can not only handle SFN echoes with more than $200{\mu}s$ delay but also achieve a bit-error rate performance close to the optimum minimum mean square error method, which significantly outperforms conventional channel estimation methods, while preserving a low implementation cost in a short-delay channel.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.35-38
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• 2015

OFDM 변조방식의 특징 중 하나가 SFN(Single Frequency Network) 기능이다. 최근 지상파 UHDTV방송을 기대하면서 OFDM 변조방식의 SFN기능을 이용한 가정 내 무선수신 환경에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 그러나 SFN기능이 가능할지라도 송 중계기와 갭 필러 측면에서 보면 프로그램을 전달하는 별도의 백본망 없이 수신과 송신이 동일한 주파수로 이루어지려면 송신된 전파가 다시 자기 안테나로 수신되는 Feedback현상에 대해 좀 더 많은 연구가 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 현재 가정과 사무실 등에서 사용하고 있는 저가의 가정용 T-DMB 갭 필러를 이용한 수신실태와 Feedback 현상에 대해 몇 가지 실험을 실행해 보았다. 가정용 갭 필러의 Feedback현상과 사용 형태를 분석함으로써 향후 UHDTV방송의 원활한 SFN망 구축과 가정 내 무선 수신환경 구축을 위한 방안을 제시하고자 한다.