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A Study of RF Watermark Backward Compatibility under Various Channel Environments

다양한 채널환경 하에서의 RF 워터마크 역호환성 연구

  • 김정창 (한국전자통신연구원 방송시스템연구부) ;
  • 박성익 (한국전자통신연구원 방송시스템연구부) ;
  • 최대원 (한국전자통신연구원 방송시스템연구부) ;
  • 임형수 (한국전자통신연구원 방송시스템연구부) ;
  • 김흥묵 (한국전자통신연구원 방송시스템연구부)
  • Received : 2010.04.20
  • Accepted : 2010.08.13
  • Published : 2010.08.25
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Abstract

In a single frequency network (SFN) for Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) terrestrial digital television (DTV) system, the interferences induced by the multiple transmitters and/or repeaters using the same frequency are inevitable. Since the presence of interferences results in performance degradation of the SFN, it is crucial to manipulate the interferences by adjusting the transmit power and timing of each transmitter and repeater. In the ATSC terrestrial DTV system, in order to facilitate the interference manipulation process, a transmitter identification (TxID) signal which is uniquely embedded in the signal to be transmitted from each transmitter and repeater is recommended. Even though the injection level of the TxID signal is much lower than the DTV signal, the TxID signal injection infects the DTV signal. Hence, the effect of the TxID signal on the DTV signal must be investigated before deployment. In this paper, the effect of the TxID signal on the performance of legacy DTV receivers under additive white Gaussian noise and multipath channel environments is investigated not only with computer simulation but also with laboratory and field tests. The test results show that the average threshold of visibility degradation of the legacy DTV receivers due to the TxID signal injection is less than 0.2 dB at the TxID injection level of -30 dB.

ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) 방식의 지상파 디지털 TV 방송 시스템은 단일주파수망을 구성하기 위하여 송신기들 및 중계기들이 단일 주파수를 사용할 경우 수신기에서 다중 송신기 및 중계기 신호들이 수신되어 간섭을 초래할 수 있다. 이러한 간섭 문제를 해소하고자 ATSC 기술권고 (recommended practice)에서는 RF 워터마크 (watermark) 방식의 고유한 송신기 식별 코드 (transmitter identification: TxID)를 각 송신기 및 중계기에 할당한 후 이를 송신 및 중계 신호에 부가하여 전송하고 TxID 신호분석기를 통하여 각 송신기 및 중계기에서 송출된 신호가 겪는 채널 환경을 검출하여 송신기와 중계기의 송출전력 및 상대적인 송출시간을 조정함으로써 간섭 문제를 해결하도록 하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 가산 백색 가우시안 잡음 (additive white Gaussian noise: AWGN) 및 다중경로 채널 하에서 TxID 신호가 부가된 지상파 디지털 TV 방송신호의 역호환성을 분석한다. 전산 실험 및 실험실 테스트, 그리고 필드 테스트를 통하여 상용 디지털 TV 수신기의 threshold of visibility (TOV) 증가량은 AWGN 채널에 비해 다중경로 채널환경에서 더 높게 나타났으나 TxID 신호가 기존 디지털 TV 신호에 비해 30 dB 낮게 부가되어 전송될 경우 상용 디지털 TV 수신기의 평균 TOV 증가량은 0.2 dB 이하로 관찰되었다. 이러한 실험 및 테스트 결과는 RF 워터마크 방식의 TxID 신호가 상용 디지털 TV 수신기에 거의 영향을 주지 않음을 보여준다.

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