Estimating the range to the cell edge from signal strength measurements

Author

Bernardin, Pete ; Yee, Meng ; Ellis, Thomas

Author_Institution

NORTEL Wireless Eng. Services, Richardson, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

4-7 May 1997

Firstpage

266

Abstract

A robust method for determining the boundaries of cells and the associated reliability of the RF coverage within these boundaries is presented. The procedure accurately determines the average range from the base station to the cell edge from RF signal strength measurements with a linear regression approach. The accuracy of this estimate is quantified both as a range uncertainty (e.g. ±100 meters) and as a cell coverage reliability (i.e. area/edge). The coverage reliability estimate is found to be an order of magnitude more accurate than current approaches

Keywords

cellular radio; distance measurement; field strength measurement; land mobile radio; statistical analysis; telecommunication network reliability; RF coverage; RF signal strength measurements; base station-cell edge range; cell boundaries; cell coverage reliability; cell edge; cell radius; cellular radio; linear regression approach; propagation parameters; range estimation; range uncertainty; Base stations; Equations; Linear regression; Loss measurement; Predictive models; RF signals; Radio frequency; Reliability engineering; Robustness; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1997, IEEE 47th

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3659-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1997.596361

Filename

596361