Analysis of a DVB-T compliant receiver simulation under various multipath conditions

Linfoot, S. L. and Sherratt, R. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7899-4445 (2000) Analysis of a DVB-T compliant receiver simulation under various multipath conditions. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 46 (1). pp. 201-206. ISSN 0098-3063 doi: 10.1109/30.826399

Abstract/Summary

Since 1966, coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (COFDM) has been investigated to determine the possibility of reducing the overall throughput of a digitally modulated terrestrial television channel. In the investigations, many assumptions have emerged. One common misconception is that in a terrestrial environment, COFDM has an inherent immunity to multipath interference. A theoretical analysis of a multipath channel, along with simulation results has shown that this assumption does not hold the information is considered when including the radio frequency modulation and demodulation. This paper presents a background into the inception of COFDM, a mathematical analysis of the digitally modulated television signal under multipath conditions and the results of a European Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T) compliant simulation model with MPEG-2 bitstreams transmitted under various multipath conditions.