Path loss modeling for Indian cities — Some observations

Author

Prasad, K. N. R. Surya Vara ; Rath, Hemant Kumar ; Simha, Anantha

Author_Institution

TCS Networks Lab., Bangalore, India

fYear

2014

fDate

Feb. 28 2014-March 2 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper interprets drive test based signal measurements in both urban and semi-urban Indian scenario using high-end smart phones with open source applications and high-end spectrum analyzers integrated with planning and optimization tool provided by Tata Tele Services, a major Indian telecom operator. From the drive test results, we observe that the existing path loss models such as Hata, Okumura, COST-231-Hata and COST-231-Walfisch-Ikegami models are not accurate for Indian terrain conditions and a fresh study is required in this direction.

Keywords

optimisation; public domain software; smart phones; spectral analysers; telecommunication network planning; COST-231-Hata; Indian cities; Indian telecom operator; Okumura; Tata Tele Services; drive test; high-end smart phones; high-end spectrum analyzers; open source applications; optimization; path loss modeling; planning; semiurban Indian scenario; signal measurements; Analytical models; Buildings; Cities and towns; Computational modeling; Drives; Propagation losses; Roads;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (NCC), 2014 Twentieth National Conference on

Conference_Location

Kanpur

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NCC.2014.6811314

Filename

6811314