Planificación de una red DVB-H en entorno urbano

This article analyzes the problem of DVB-H based mobile TV network planning, and specifically, the deployment cost minimization issue. The article presents the planning studies for a DVB-H network in the city of Valencia (Spain). A TV broadcasting tower and the base stations of a 3G cellular phone service provider were considered as the broadcasting sites. The network under studyinvolves synchronized transmitters at all the broadcast sites. In order to Þ nd network conÞ gurations yielding maximum coverage and minimum costs, a genetic multiobjective based algorithm was used. The obtained results show a high density of transmitters is needed in order to achieve satisfactory coverage levels in indoor environments, hence, the reusage of telecommunications infrastructure is a key factor in reducing the network deployment costs.