CONTENTS - RECOMMENDATION ITU-R BS.1660-8* - Technical basis for planning of terrestrial digital sound broadcasting in the VHF band

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Annex 1 Technical basis for planning of terrestrial digital sound broadcasting System A (DAB) in the VHF band
1     General
2     Reception modes and associated C/N values
3     Antenna gain
4     Feeder loss
5     Allowance for man‑made‑noise (MMN)
6     Coverage prediction height
7     Building entry loss
8     Vehicle (car) entry loss
9     Location percentages
        9.1     Location correction factor
        9.2     Location correction factors for different reception modes
        9.3     Location correction margin
10     Receiver properties
       10.1     Receiver noise figure
       10.2     Minimum receiver signal input levels
11     Calculation of signal levels and protection ratio
       11.1     Signal levels for planning
                  11.1.1     Examples of signal levels for planning
       11.2     Protection ratios
                  11.2.1     DAB vs DAB
12     Unwanted emissions
       12.1     Spectrum masks for DAB out-of-band emissions
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Annex 2 Technical basis for planning of terrestrial digital sound broadcasting System F (ISDB-T_SB) in the VHF band
1     General
2     Spectrum masks for out-of-band emissions
3     Frequency condition
        3.1     Definition of sub-channel
        3.2     Guardbands
4     Minimum usable field strength
5     Protection of ISDB-T_SB
        5.1     ISDB-T_SB interfered with by ISDB-T_SB
                  5.1.1     Required D/U in fixed reception
                  5.1.2     Required D/U in mobile reception
                  5.1.3     Resultant protection ratios for ISDB-T_SB interfered with by ISDB-T_SB
        5.2     ISDB-T_SB interfered with by analogue television (NTSC)
                  5.2.1     Required D/U in fixed reception
                  5.2.2     Required D/U in mobile reception
                  5.2.3     Resultant protection ratios for ISDB-T_SB interfered with by analogue television (NTSC)
        5.3     Analogue television (NTSC) interfered with by ISDB-T_SB
        5.4     ISDB-T_SB interfered with by services other than broadcasting
Attachment 1 to Annex 2 Derivation of maximum interfering field strength density interfered with by services other than broadcasting
Annex 3 Technical basis for planning of terrestrial digital sound broadcasting System G (DRM) in the VHF bands
1     General
2     Reception modes
        2.1     Fixed reception
        2.2     Portable reception
        2.3     Mobile reception
3     Correction factors for field-strength predictions
        3.1     Reference frequencies
        3.2     Antenna gain
        3.3     Feeder loss
        3.4     Height loss correction factor
        3.5     Building entry loss
        3.6     Allowance for man-made noise
        3.7     Implementation loss factor
        3.8     Correction factors for location variability
                  3.8.1     Distribution factor
                  3.8.2     Combined standard deviation
                  3.8.3     Combined location correction factor for protection ratios
        3.9     Polarization discrimination
4     DRM system parameters for field-strength predictions
        4.1     Modes and code rates for calculations
        4.2     Propagation-related OFDM parameters
        4.3     Single frequency operation capability
5     Minimum receiver input power level
6     Minimum wanted field strength used for planning
        6.1     Calculation of minimum median field-strength level
        6.2     Minimum median field-strength level for VHF Band I
        6.3     Minimum median field-strength level for VHF Band II
        6.4     Minimum median field-strength level for VHF Band III
7     Position of DRM frequencies
8     Unwanted emissions
        8.1     Out-of-band spectrum mask
                  8.1.1     VHF Band I and VHF Band II
                  8.1.2     VHF Band III
        8.2     Protection ratios
                  8.2.1     Protection ratios for DRM
                  8.2.2     Protection ratios for broadcasting systems interfered with by DRM
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Annex 4 Technical basis for planning of terrestrial digital sound broadcasting System C (HD Radio) in the VHF band II
1    Introduction
2     Configurations and definitions
        2.1     HD radio system configurations
3     Analysis Parameters
        3.1     Reception modes
                  3.1.1     Fixed reception (FX)
                  3.1.2     Portable reception
                  3.1.3     Mobile reception
        3.2     Reception location related correction factors
                  3.2.1     Reference frequency
                  3.2.2     Feeder loss
                  3.2.3     Height loss
                  3.2.4     Building penetration loss
                  3.2.5     Implementation loss
                  3.2.6     Location variability correction factor
                  3.2.7     Adjusted reception location loss
      3.3     Design related correction factors
                  3.3.1     Correction factors for integrated methodology
        3.4     Channel models and fading margins
4     Field strength requirements analysis
        4.1     Minimum C/N
        4.2     Receiver integrated noise figure
                  4.2.1     Receiver noise input power
        4.3     Minimum wanted field strength used for planning
Attachment 1 to Annex 4 Calculation of minimum median field strength level – integrated method
Attachment 2 to Annex 4 Channel models
Attachment 3 to Annex 4   IBOC Conversion of C/N₀ to S/N
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