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Television Transmission and Frequency Allocation. building, vehicle, or other reflector. reflected path. direct path. base station. Station. Television Station Bands. VLF CATV VHF UHF. Radio Spectrum – US Frequency Allocations. AM Radio. TV 2-4. TV 5-6. FM Radio. TV 7-13.
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building, vehicle, or other reflector reflected path direct path base station Station
Television Station Bands • VLF • CATV • VHF • UHF
Radio Spectrum – US Frequency Allocations . . . AM Radio TV 2-4 TV 5-6 FM Radio TV 7-13 TV 21-36 TV 38-69 Cell
Some current US radio spectrum allocations . . . Cellular telephone (824-849, 869-894 MHz) 50 MHz PCS (1710-1785, 1805-1880 MHz) 150 MHz GPS (1227, 1575 MHz) 41 MHz FM Radio (88-108 MHz) 20 MHz WLANs (2.400-2.484 GHz) 84 MHz Broadcast TV (54-72, 76-88, 174-216, 470-890 MHz) 492 MHz
Over the air TV will be digital—mix of HDTV and more channels of SDTV • Cable will have lots of content on demand • Satellite will have over the air HD programming • Telcos will be providing IPTV • Broadband delivery of content on demand (NetFlix, iPod) • “mobile TV” on phones or other proprietary wireless data networks.