Coexistence of DTT and Mobile Broadband: A Survey and Guidelines for Field Measurements

Table 1

Summary of contributions.

Topic	Main reviewed research and original contributions
DTT-MBB coexistence	(i) Laboratory measurements [6–8, 11, 75–86] and field measurements [10, 87, 88]; (ii) Monte Carlo coexistence simulations [72, 89–93]; (iii) ITU-R/CEPT reports on interference assessment [9, 31, 61, 94–96]
TV White Spaces	TVWS concept [18–20], field trials, and pilots [33–36]
UHF spectrum availability	Measurement methodologies [97], measurement campaigns [21–25], and propagation modeling [26–30]
LTE Supplemental Downlink	Studies and scenarios for DTT-LTE supplemental downlink coexistence [66, 70, 98]
DTT reception system coexistence studies	Original contributions: a survey on DTT-MBB coexistence and DTT reception system performance, considerations on the use of different coexistence study methods, and guidelines for conducting field measurements