A study of COFDM in a terrestrial multipath environment

Linfoot, S.L. and Sherratt, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7899-4445 (2000) A study of COFDM in a terrestrial multipath environment. In: IEEE/AFCEA EUROCOMM 2000. Information Systems for Enhanced Public Safety and Security (Cat. No.00EX405). IEEE, pp. 388-391. ISBN 0-7803-6323-X doi: 10.1109/EURCOM.2000.874839

Abstract/Summary

Coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (COFDM) has existed for many years but it was not until 1997 when the European Telecommunications Standards Institute proposed its use for the transmission of digital television through a terrestrial channel. Up to date, an assumption has been made concerning the resilience of COFDM in a multipath environment. This paper discusses this assumption, give results of a DVB-T compliant simulation and discuss the validity of this assumption based on the obtained results.