Telecom Italia S.p.a.

Valter Squizzato

Vincenzo Gigliotti

Paolo Gianola

Michele Lupano

Danilo Bessone

Alfredo Rinaudo

A system for monitoring television signals broadcast by at least one transmission antenna in a broadcast area includes a monitoring control center and a plurality of remote monitoring units distributed in television signal receiving locations of the broadcast area remote from the transmission antenna. The remote monitoring units are configured to receive the television signals irradiated in the respective locations, process the television signals and send to the monitoring control center information related to the processed television signal. In particular, the remote monitoring units include a receiver adapted to receive the television signal, a measuring system adapted to perform measures on radio-electric features of the received television signal, and a communication system adapted to communicate measurement results to the remote monitoring center, exploiting a communication link between the remote monitoring unit and the control center.

Monitoring system for monitoring coverage of broadcast transmissions

A system for monitoring the electromagnetic field strength received at a predetermined point of a monitored area, includes a device that senses the electromagnetic field fed in at a least one frequency band to an antenna by a transmission apparatus and transmits at least one RF power signal indicative of electromagnetic field strength to a control center. With the control center a geographic data base is available that includes information items on the mutual position of the antenna and the predetermined point. A processing facility with the control center is configured for receiving the RF power signal from the device and calculating from the RF power signal and the data base items the field strength received at said predetermined point from the antenna.

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Turin, Italy

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