Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on October 26, 2009
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncp220
CHARACTERISATION AND MEASUREMENT OF SIGNALS GENERATED BY DVB-H GAP-FILLER REPEATERS
1 Information Technology Department, Pisa University, via Caruso 16, Pisa, Italy
2 Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region, Pisa Department, via V. Veneto 27, Pisa, Italy
3 Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region, Livorno Department, via Marradi 114, Livorno, Italy
4 Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region, Technical Direction, via Porpora 22, Firenze, Italy
* Corresponding author: am.silvi{at}arpat.toscana.it
DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld) is the standard developed by DVB Project and approved by ETSI with the aim of providing the reception of DVB signals even in mobility but also data transfers and multimedia services. The introduction and development of the DVB-H system is still ongoing. In this context, this work focuses on the temporal trend of electromagnetic impact of an urban DVB-H repeater (called gap-filler) for exposure assessment purposes; it also describes a method for its measurement by means of narrow band instrumental chains.