Influence of Reception Condition, MPE-FEC Rate and Modulation Scheme on Performance of DVB-H

DVB-H networks allow high data rate broadcast access for hand-held terminals. A method to analyze the performance is developed. The influence of different MPE-FEC rates and modulation schemes on the performance of a DVB-H network is analyzed in this paper for 9 different reception conditions. Portable (indoor and outdoor) and mobile reception (car, train, tram, bus) are investigated. This analysis enables better estimations of the performance of DVB-H systems and an optimized DVB-H performance model. The percentage of valid reception, MPE-FEC gains, carrier to interference-plus-noise ratios, and minimal signal strengths for the different reception conditions and modulation schemes are presented.