On The Automated Planning And Design Of SMATV Systems

TL;DR

This paper discusses the theoretical and practical aspects of designing SMATV systems for local TV distribution, providing formulas, software tools, and a case study to optimize network design and costs.

Contribution

It introduces design formulas and software support for SMATV network planning, enabling cost-effective and optimized configurations without experimental setups.

Findings

Design and optimization of SMATV networks are feasible with the proposed formulas and software.

A case study demonstrated effective network design for a 5-floor building.

Cost optimization is achievable by exploring different architectures.

Abstract

The paper presents some theoretical and practical considerations regarding the TV information distribution in local (small and medium) networks, using different technologies and architectures. The SMATV concept is chosen to be presented extensively. The most important design formulae are presented with a software package supporting the network planner to design and optimize the network. A case study is realized, using standard components in SMATV, for a 5 floor building. The study proved that it is possible to design and optimize the entire network, without realizing first a costly experimental setup. It is also possible to run different architectures, optimizing also the costs of the final solution of network.