Simulation of DVB-T2 integrated receiver decoder specifications for ASEAN countries

Abstract

DVB-T2 (digital video broadcasting - second generation terrestrial) is considered as the most advanced digital terrestrial television system. It supports either or any combination of SD (standard definition), HD (high definition) UHD (ultra-high definition), and mobile TV. One of the challenges of the DVB-T2 is the many options it provides in system mode and parameters which needs to be accurately selected to suit different applications. In view of this, requirement for the IRD (integrated receiver decoder) for use with the DVB-T2 for ASEAN countries has been defined. This paper deals with the transmission performance for the AGWN (additive white Gaussian noise), fixed and portable TV channels. Simulation results of the BER (bit error ratio) after the FEC (Forward Error Correction) decoding were evaluated and compared for the three types of channels. The effect of constellation rotation is being explored for a particular IRD scenario. Appropriate simulations for this study were carried using common simulation platform (CSP) and MATLAB. Finally, the achieved results are evaluated and clearly discussed.