Evaluation of exposure levels generated by WiMAX systems

Author

Barbiroli, Marina ; Carciofi, Claudia ; Guiducci, Doriana ; Violanti, Silvia

Author_Institution

DEIS, Univ. of Bologna, Pontecchio Marconi, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

14-18 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

865

Lastpage

868

Abstract

In this work the impact of WiMAX systems is investigated in terms of electromagnetic field exposure evaluations. This study is performed in collaboration with the Regional Protection Agency (ARPA), in order to identify some guidelines to simplify the environmental evaluation procedures. According to the information given by the operators, typically WiMAX installations have been analyzed by means of simulation tools. The obtained results show that exposure due to these systems is compliant with limits provided by the regulation. The ongoing activity foresees also the realization of measurement campaigns to validate simulation results.

Keywords

WiMax; electromagnetic wave propagation; WiMAX system; electromagnetic field exposure evaluation; environmental evaluation procedure; propagation model; regional protection agency; simulation tool; Base stations; Collaborative work; Directive antennas; Electromagnetic fields; Frequency; Guidelines; Performance evaluation; Protection; Transmitting antennas; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2009. ICEAA '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3385-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3386-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297352

Filename

5297352