Title :
Essential factors influencing building penetration loss
Author :
Kakar, Faisal A K ; Sani, Kamran A. ; Elahi, Farhan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Telecommun. Eng., Balochistan Univ. of IT, Quetta
Abstract :
This paper investigates radio wave propagation into buildings illuminated from an outdoor base station with an antenna above the rooftop. Field strength measurements are taken in four buildings in urban microcells. Results of the performed experiment as well as those of several other authors are analysed and the most important factors influencing building penetration loss have been discussed namely angle of incidence, external wall configuration, receiver height and significance of non-line-of-sight surface of the building.
Keywords :
building; field strength measurement; mobile antennas; radiowave propagation; antenna; building penetration loss; external wall configuration; field strength measurements; nonline-of-sight surface; outdoor base station; radio wave propagation; receiver height; urban microcells; Antenna measurements; Arithmetic; Base stations; Buildings; Engineering management; Floors; Loss measurement; Microcell networks; Propagation losses; Radio spectrum management; Building penetration loss; non-line-of-sight illumination; outdoor-to-indoor propagation; radio wave propagation; urban microcells;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Technology, 2008. ICCT 2008. 11th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2250-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2251-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCT.2008.4716083
