CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
 1     Performance characteristics of System A in the terrestrial broadcast mode
 2     Relationship between objective BER and subjective visual TOV for System A
        1.1     Service area and local SFN
        1.2     MUX1 quality coverage (regional SFN multiplex – local area SFN)
        1.3     Improvements and verification
        1.4     Other MUX quality coverage (national multiplex – wide area SFN)
        1.5     Conclusions
        2.1     Introduction
        2.2     Correlation between field strength, cBER and MER for MFN networks
                  2.2.1     Pearson correlation index interpretation
                  2.2.2     Observations on Italian field measurement
                  2.2.3     Observations on Australian field measurement
 1     VHF Band III – Victoria
 2     UHF Band IV – Victoria
 3     UHF Band V – Victoria
 1     VHF Band III – Coastal New South Wales and Queensland
 2     UHF Band IV – Coastal New South Wales and Queensland
 3     UHF Band V – Coastal New South Wales and Queensland
 1     VHF Band III – Inland New South Wales and Queensland
 2     UHF Band IV – Inland New South Wales and Queensland
 3     UHF Band V – Inland New South Wales and Queensland
 1     UHF Band IV – Inland South Australia, Victoria and Queensland
 2     UHF Band V – Inland South Australia, Victoria and Queensland
                  2.2.4     Conclusions
        2.3     Determination of the transition point in the DTTB coverage quality scale
                  2.3.1     UHF case
                  2.3.2     VHF case
        2.4     Example for SFN network
        2.5     Results for possible correlation between parameters
        2.6     Review of Figure 1 of Annex 1 of Recommendation ITU-R BT.1735
        2.7     Deployment method for field survey data analysis
                  2.7.1     Introduction
                  2.7.2     General frame to deploy field survey data
                  2.7.3     Field survey data analysis
                  2.7.4     Plotted data interpretation
        2.8     CIR considerations on how to deal with contribution falling or can fall outside GI
                  2.8.1     Introduction
                  2.8.2     Considerations
                  2.8.3     Physical constraints
                  2.8.4     Proposition
        3.1     Introduction
        3.2     Tests
        3.3     Study of SFN echoes symmetry
        3.4     MER and BER analysis in a SFN with multiple signals inside GI
        3.5     MER and BER analysis in a SFN with a contribution outside GI
        3.6     MER and BER analysis in a SFN with contribution inside and outside GI
        3.7     Study of the allowable limit value of the combination level-delay outside GI
        3.8     Verification of the protection ratio
        3.9     General BER frame
       3.10     Conclusion
 1     Introduction
 2     A coverage assessment method used in Japan
        2.1     Assessment method
        2.2     Assessment procedure
                  2.2.1     Assessment points
                  2.2.2     Assessment items
                  2.2.3     Transmitting site
                  2.2.4     Assessment procedure
                  2.2.5     Receiving Antenna
                  2.2.6     Measuring system
                  2.2.7     Field strength calculation
                  2.2.8     Subjective video observation
                  2.2.9     Measurement of Bit Error Rate (BER)
                  2.2.10     Measuring equipment
        2.3     Conclusion
        1.1     Assessment methods
                  1.1.1     Evaluation parameters
                  1.1.2     Level of coverage quality
                  1.1.3     Explanation of objective evaluation level of coverage
        1.2     Measurement methods
                  1.2.1     Measurement preparation
                  1.2.2     Measurement system
                  1.2.3     Measurement equipment
                  1.2.4     Calibration of measurement system
                  1.2.5     Measuring steps
        1.3     Simplified assessment and measurement methods
                  1.3.1     Background
                  1.3.2     Simplified evaluation level
                  1.3.3     Simplified measurement system
                  1.3.4     Simplified measurement methods