• DocumentCode
    1361493
  • Title

    Cellular telecommunications: estimating shadowing effects using wedge diffraction

  • Author

    Lopez, Alfred R.

  • Author_Institution
    GEC-Marconi Hazeltime, Greenlawn, NY, USA
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    2/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    58
  • Abstract
    Knife-edge diffraction has been used to estimate the effects of blocking obstacles and terrain for cellular telecommunications. Wedge diffraction is more appropriate in many cases. This paper presents simple formulas that quantify the effects of shadowing caused by rising terrain using wedge diffraction. The shadowing effect is directly related to the typical cellular-telecommunications case, where an inverse fourth-power relationship of received power with distance is characteristic
  • Keywords
    cellular radio; electromagnetic wave diffraction; radiowave propagation; blocking obstacles; cellular telecommunications; distance; inverse fourth-power relationship; knife-edge diffraction; received power; shadowing effects; terrain; wedge diffraction; Antennas and propagation; Base stations; Diffraction; Equations; Geometry; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Postal services; Shadow mapping; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9243
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/74.667328
  • Filename
    667328
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1361493