Analysis of macrocellular and microcellular coverage with attention to exposure levels

In the present work we study different coverage strategies for the deployment of mobile radio system in urban areas, with a particular attention to environmental aspects. The case study is a real urban deployment, in the city centre of Bologna. Both macrocellular and microcelluar coverage strategies have been analysed in order to obtain optimised coverage that guarantees a good service quality with the minimum exposure levels. The results show that the optimum solution is obtained with a mixed architecture with cells of both kinds.