Prediction of mobile radio wave propagation over buildings of irregular heights and spacings

Author

Saunders, S.R. ; Bonar, F.R.

Author_Institution

Philips Telecom-Private Mobile Radio, Cambridge, UK

Volume

42

Issue

2

fYear

1994

fDate

2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

137

Lastpage

144

Abstract

Two models of mobile radio wave propagation over buildings are presented. The first, the flat edge model, provides a simple yet accurate representation when buildings are assumed to be of constant height and spacing. The second model combines the first with a rapid new method of calculating multiple edge diffraction to allow deterministic predictions with arbitrary buildings and spacings. This allows predictions to be made with real building data, and the effect of building variations on location variability of the received signal to be assessed. Both models are compared with measurements made in suburban areas in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands and excellent agreement is obtained

Keywords

cellular radio; electromagnetic wave diffraction; radio reception; radiowave propagation; 1800 MHz; 900 MHz; buildings; deterministic predictions; flat edge model; heights; location variability; mobile radio wave propagation; multiple edge diffraction; received signal; spacing; suburban areas; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Area measurement; Associate members; Diffraction; Land mobile radio; Predictive models; Propagation losses; Shape; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.277207

Filename

277207