Electronic And Postal Communications (Digital and other Broadcasting Networks) G.N. No. 418 (contd) _______ SECOND SCHEDULE _______ REQUIREMENTS FOR NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS INCLUDING PARAMETER FOR MFN (Made under Regulation 11) 1. In planning network configuration, a Multiplex Operator is required to consider the following: (a) (b) (c) (d) Effective Radiated Power; Service Area; Transmitter Arrays; Reception Modes. 2.-(1) A Multiplex Operator shall adhere to reference planning configurations for DVB-T in accordance with the following reception modes and frequency bands: (a) fixed reception; (b) portable outdoor reception or lower coverage quality portable indoor reception or mobile reception; (c) higher coverage quality for portable indoor reception. (2) The reference planning configurations for DVB-T that shall be used are summarized in Table 1 Table 1: Reference Planning Configurations for DVB-T RPC RPC 1 RPC 2 RPC 3 Reference location probability 95% 95% 95% Reference C/N (dB) 21 19 17 Reference (Emed)ref (dB(µV/m)) at fr = 50 67 76 200 MHz Reference (Emed)ref (dB(µV/m)) at fr = 56 78 88 650 MHz (Emed)ref: Reference value for minimum median field strength RPC 1: RPC for fixed reception RPC 2: RPC for portable outdoor reception or lower coverage quality portable indoor reception or mobile reception RPC 3: RPC for higher coverage quality for portable indoor reception Reference frequencies for VHF Band is 200 MHz and for UHF Band is 650 MHz. For other frequencies, the reference field-strength values in Table 1 shall be adjusted by adding the correction factor defined according to the following rule: – (Emed)ref(f) = (Emed)ref(fr) + Corr; 50