HD FM RADIO SIGNAL TIME OF ARRIVAL
Team 7
Yuxi Chen (EE)
Haoyu Wang (EE)
Shunran Li (EE)
Shuyu Ming (EE)
Advisor: Prof. Howard Fan
Abstract
HD Radio, originally developed by iBiquity Digital Corporation, is a trademarked term for the in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations. is the only digital system approved by the FCC for digital AM/FM broadcasts in the US. It is officially known as NRSC-5, with the latest version being NRSC-5-D. More than 1,900 stations covering approximately 84% of the U.S. are broadcasting with this technology. Digital information is transmitted using OFDM with an audio compression algorithm called HDC (High-Definition Coding). Our project is receiving those HD radio signals from different radio stations around Cincinnati. Every signal has its own time from transmitter to our receiver which is Ettus USRP B210. After we received the HD radio signals, we can correlate it with the reference subcarriers which is generated locally. Those reference subcarrier are created following the standard of HD radio signal, NRSC-5. The correlation result is the relative TOA, which is our goal of this project.
What is Time of Arrival (TOA) ?
The TOA is defined as the travel time of a signal from transmitter to receiver plus an unknown receiver clock time offset.
WHY FM HD RADIO SIGNAL?
The characteristic of FM HD radio
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Many stations, means we can receive FM HD radio signals everywhere.
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The signal with strong power can penetrate in the indoor environment.
USRP B210
What we use
USRP b210 is our signal receiver, it receives signal frequnency from 7MHz to 60GHz which helps us receive HD FM signals.
INDOOR POSITIONING
How can people make use of TOA?
GPS can only work outside of the buliding. But digital radio signals still works inside of the building. With TOA of HD radio signal, we can get the indoor position.
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