Single Frequency Networks (SFN) in Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting

Abstract

The paper deals with principles and properties of single frequency networks of digital television and radio transmitters. Basic definitions and contextual relationships (guard interval, area of SFN, influence of used modulation parameters etc.) are explained.

Keywords

• Digital television
• single frequency network (SFN)
• standard DVB-T
• transmitter
• terrestrial broadcast
• guard interval
• multipath reception
• SFN area