Performance Evaluation of Coded SFN for an Advanced ISDB-T

Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) has been conducting research and development on an advanced broadcasting system that enables ultra high definition television (UHDTV) service for fixed reception and HDTV service for mobile reception in a single channel. As one of the optional functions for effective frequency use in a single frequency network (SFN), proposed system includes distributed multiple-input single-output (MISO) using space-time code (STC) technology. In this paper, we describe the performance of the proposed system which adopts MISO using STC technology in simulation, laboratory and field tests, and confirm the validity of the proposed system.