Title
Robust Emergency Communications Using TxID Watermark of ATSC DTV System
Abstract
In today's world, having a reliable communica- tion system during emergency situations is of paramount importance to lessen the impact of the disasters. This paper proposes an emergency communication technique which is enabled by ATSC DTV transmitter identification (TxID) watermark signal. Theoretical and simulation results show that ATSC TxID watermark signal can reach a larger coverage area than the 8-VSB DTV signal and hence can be used to enable emergency communication during na- tional disastrous situations. The coverage for this emergency communication system is predicted using popular Hata- Davidson propagation model and coverage maps clearly showing the extended and overlapped coverage for DTV stations in Huron and Stratford area in the province of Ontario, Canada is presented. Comparison with other existing emergency communication systems is carried out and performance matrices such as alerting message error rate, required no. of stations, network reliability etc. are evaluated to assess the robustness of the proposed emergency communication system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.4304/jcm.4.5.339-347
JCM
Keywords
Field
DocType
network reliability,txid water- mark,interoperability.,index terms— emergency communication,coverage analysis,error rate,communication system,interoperability,indexing terms
Transmitter,Computer science,Interoperability,Word error rate,Computer network,Communications system,Digital television,Robustness (computer science),Watermark,Reliability (computer networking)
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
4
5
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
7
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xianbin Wang12365223.86
Md. Jahidur Rahman2427.78
Sung Ik Park32511.82
Heung Mook Kim447265.04
Yiyan Wu51610180.83