This paper describes the transmitter and the receiver architectures for integrating individual communication technologies, including Layered Division Multiplexing (LDM), Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO), and Channel Bonding, in Advanced Televisio...
This paper describes the transmitter and the receiver architectures for integrating individual communication technologies, including Layered Division Multiplexing (LDM), Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO), and Channel Bonding, in Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 system, and evaluates the reception performance of the integrated system. LDM enables the simultaneous transmission of a Core Layer and an Enhanced Layer within the same frequency resource, providing a hierarchical transmission structure that can accommodate diverse service requirements. MIMO enhances data throughput through spatial multiplexing by employing multiple antennas at both the transmitter and the receiver, while Channel Bonding further increases the transmission rate by combining multiple RF channels to expand the effective system bandwidth. The simultaneous application of these three technologies can therefore significantly increase the overall transmission capacity of the system. In this paper, a simulation-based performance comparison and analysis is conducted for ATSC 3.0 system that combines LDM, MIMO, and Channel Bonding. The results show that the reception performance of the system combining LDM and MIMO is comparable to that of the system integrating LDM, MIMO, and Channel Bonding. This indicates that the joint application of all three technologies can substantially increase the data rate without performance degradation over the operating SNR range.