ALGORITHM AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRACTICAL USE IN THE METHODOLOGY OF COEXISTENCE OF TELEVISION, FM AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING IN DAB AND DRM+ STANDARDS

Albert Waal,
RF Mondial GmBH, Hannover, Germany

DOI: 10.36724/2664-066X-2024-10-2-2-11

SYNCHROINFO JOURNAL. Volume 10, Number 2 (2024). P. 2-11.

Abstract

The parameters of the network model are determined on the basis of data contained in the database on frequency assignments of a radio frequency service organization or radio frequency application materials for obtaining an EMC examination conclusion submitted to a radio frequency service organization to obtain permission to use frequency blocks / radio frequency channels for the declared radio broadcasting stations. The problem of sharing the spectrum in the VHF band by terrestrial digital television broadcasting services (DVB-T standard, etc.), analogue television broadcasting, analogue FM audio broadcasting, digital audio broadcasting DAB/DAB+, DRM+ and RAVIS and the conditions for them coexistence are considered. The most common cases of the developed methodology application can be the following options for calculating EMC and conditions for using electronic distribution systems for television and radio broadcasting: Calculation of reference service area of the protected service; Calculation of EMC between existing and planned for use service and declared service; Calculation of service area of the proposed distribution zone.

Keywords:  calculation methodology, coexistence, digital broadcasting, DAB, DRM+, FM broadcasting, television broadcasting, EMC

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