Field Trial Results for Portable Indoor Reception of the DVB-T2 Base Profile

This paper describes the field trials carried out in the Bucharest region in Romania for testing and analyzing the performance of the second generation of the Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial standard using the base profile for portable indoor reception. Test results are presented for the terrestrial broadcasted public programs of the Romanian National Television. The results consist of the values of the Carrier to Noise ratio, Modulation Error Rate and Link Margin in different geographical locations and receiving conditions. These values can update those provided by previous studies and provide planning tools for the Digital Terrestrial Television implementation using the second generation of the Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial standard. The results proved that the portable indoor reception in the Bucharest region for the Romanian National Television programs is possible, and this may be used to improve the end user experience with an additional television service to the existing cable or satellite television, since the digital terrestrial television has the advantage of mobility reception.