[opendtv] Re: COFDM and equalization

At 8:11 AM -0400 4/21/04, Allen Le Roy Limberg wrote:
>I think you have it backwards, Craig.  COFDM needs higher power to reach
>same radius, which makes it a worse co-channel interferor to other signals
>than QAM or 8VSB.

This is only true for the single big stick topology. This is NOT the 
way to build a modern transmission network. The GOAL is to deliver 
enough signal throughout the desired coverage area, while minimizing 
signal delivered into adjacent markets. This is relatively easy to 
accomplish using a network of lower powered transmitters with proper 
masks to keep the signal where it is wanted. Bottom line you get 
better coverage at lower emission power levels. The infrastructure 
costs a bit more to build, but less to operate in terms of the power 
bill -at the expense of needing to distribute synchronized signals to 
each transmitter. Fortunately, it is now possible to synchronize the 
transmitters cheaply.

Reards
Craig
 
 
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