Research Article

Capacity Improvement for DVB-NGH with Dual-Polarized MIMO Spatial Multiplexing and Hybrid Beamforming

Table 3

Simulation parameters.

ParameterValue

PLP2, 4
Number of substreams in Demux2
Number of transmitter antennas1, 2, 4, 8
Number of RF chains2, 4
Number of receiver antennas2, 4
Bandwidth8 MHz
Modulation64-QAM and 256-QAM
Carriers (FFT size)8 K, 16 K
Constellation rotation2D ( 16-QAM, 64-QAM)
InterleaversB-C-T-FI
FEC encoding and code rate16 K LDPC code 8/15
Guard interval1/16
PAPR reductionActive constellation extension (ACE)