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HD Radio™ System Planning Parameters for VHF Band II iBiquity Digital – Confidential Planning Parameters for VHF Band II HD Radio™ System Planning Parameters for VHF Band II Rev. 01.04 April 18, 2013 iBiquity Digital Corporation Copyright © 2013 iBiquity Digital Corporation. 6711 Columbia Gateway Drive All rights reserved. Suite 500 The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any media without Columbia, Maryland the express written permission of iBiquity Digital Corporation. 21046 USA 443.539.4290 Telephone Trademarks. 443.539.4291 Facsimile “iBiquity Digital”, “HD Radio”, and the iBiquity Digital, HD, HD Radio, and “Arc” logos are proprietary trademarks of iBiquity Digital Corporation. [email protected] All other trademarks, whether claimed or registered, are the exclusive property of their respective owners. SY_TN_3466_BRA iBiquity Digital – Confidential Contents HD Radio™ System – Planning Parameters for VHF Band II Table of Contents Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 4 2. CONFIGURATIONS AND DEFINITIONS ..................................................................................................... 5 2.1. HD Radio System Configurations ........................................................................................... 5 3. ANALYSIS PARAMETERS ........................................................................................................................ 10 3.1. Reception Modes ................................................................................................................. 10 3.1.1. Fixed Reception (FX) ....................................................................................................... 10 3.1.2. Portable Reception ........................................................................................................... 10 3.1.3. Mobile Reception ............................................................................................................. 11 3.2. Reception Location Related Correction Factors .................................................................... 11 3.2.1. Reference Frequency ....................................................................................................... 11 3.2.2. Feeder Loss ..................................................................................................................... 11 3.2.3. Height Loss ...................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.4. Building Penetration Loss ................................................................................................. 12 3.2.5. Implementation Loss ........................................................................................................ 12 3.2.6. Location Variability Correction Factor ............................................................................... 12 3.2.6.1. Location Standard Deviation ...................................................................................... 13 3.2.6.2. Location Distribution Factor ........................................................................................ 13 3.2.6.3. Adjusted Location Deviation ....................................................................................... 14 3.2.7. Adjusted Reception Location Loss .................................................................................... 15 3.3. Design Related Correction Factors ....................................................................................... 16 3.3.1. Correction Factors for Integrated Methodology ................................................................. 16 3.3.1.1. Antenna Gain Adjustment .......................................................................................... 16 3.3.1.2. Allowance for Man-Made Noise .................................................................................. 17 3.4. Channel Models and Fading Margins ................................................................................... 18 4. FIELD STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS .................................................................................... 19 4.1. Minimum C/N Ratio .............................................................................................................. 19 4.2. Receiver Integrated Noise Figure ......................................................................................... 20 4.2.1. Receiver Noise Input Power ............................................................................................. 20 4.3. Minimum Wanted Field Strength used for Planning .............................................................. 21 A. APPENDIX: CALCULATION OF MINIMUM MEDIAN FIELD STRENGTH LEVEL – INTEGRATED METHOD ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 B. APPENDIX: CHANNEL MODELS .............................................................................................................. 28 C. APPENDIX: IBOC CONVERSION OF C/N0 TO SNR ................................................................................ 30 LIST OF REFERENCE DOCUMENTS .............................................................................................................. 31 REVISION HISTORY ......................................................................................................................................... 33 Doc. No.: SY_TN_3466_BRA Page 2 of 33 18.APRIL.2013 Rev.: 01.04 iBiquity Digital – Confidential Contents HD Radio™ System – Planning Parameters for VHF Band II List of Figures Figure 2-1: HD Radio System 70-kHz Digital Block Positioning Examples ........................................... 7 Figure 2-2: HD Radio System 100-kHz Digital Block Positioning Examples ......................................... 8 Figure 2-3: HD Radio System 2 x 70-kHz Digital Block Positioning Examples ..................................... 8 Figure 2-4: HD Radio System 2 x 100-kHz Digital Block Positioning Examples ................................... 9 List of Tables Table 2-1: Characteristics of various HD Radio System Operating Modes ........................................... 6 Table 2-2: HD Radio System Physical Layer Parameters .................................................................... 6 Table 3-1: Definition of Reception Modes for Performance Analysis .................................................. 11 Table 3-2: Feeder Loss versus Reception Mode ............................................................................... 11 Table 3-3: Height Loss Correction Factor .......................................................................................... 12 Table 3-4: Building Penetration Loss Factors .................................................................................... 12 Table 3-5: Implementation Loss Factor ............................................................................................. 12 Table 3-6: Location Standard Deviation ............................................................................................ 13 Table 3-7: Location Distribution Factor .............................................................................................. 13 Table 3-8: Adjusted Location Deviation ............................................................................................. 14 Table 3-9: Adjusted Location Loss .................................................................................................... 15 Table 3-10: Antenna Physical Gain Correction .................................................................................. 17 Table 3-11: Allowance for Man-Made Noise for Integrated Design .................................................... 17 Table 3-12: Definition of Reception Modes and Channel Models ....................................................... 18 Table 4-1: HD Radio Receiver Required CNR for Various Reception Modes ..................................... 19 Table 4-2: HD Radio Overall Receiver System Noise Figure ............................................................. 20 Table 4-3: HD Radio Mode MP9 Minimum Median Field Strength versus Reception Modes .............. 22 Table 4-4: HD Radio Mode MP8 Minimum Median Field Strength versus Reception Modes .............. 22 Table 4-5: HD Radio Mode MP19 Minimum Median Field Strength versus Reception Modes ............ 23 Table 4-6: HD Radio Mode MP1 Minimum Median Field Strength versus Reception Modes .............. 23 Table 4-7: HD Radio Mode MP11 Minimum Median Field Strength versus Reception Modes ............ 24 Table B-1: Fixed Reception under White Gaussian Noise (FXWGN) Channel Model ......................... 28 Table B-2: Urban Slow Rayleigh Multipath (USRM) Channel Model .................................................. 28 Table B-3: Urban Fast Rayleigh Multipath (UFRM) Channel Model ................................................... 28 Table B-4: Rural Fast Rayleigh Multipath (RFRM) Channel Model .................................................... 29 Table B-5: Terrain Obstructed Fast Rayleigh Multipath (TORM) Channel Model ................................ 29 Doc. No.: SY_TN_3466_BRA Page 3 of 33 18.APRIL.2013 Rev.: 01.04 iBiquity Digital – Confidential HD Radio™ System – Planning Parameters for VHF Band II 1. Introduction The HD Radio hybrid configuration makes use of the existing VHF Band II allocations and embeds new audio and
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