Title :
RF predictions and modeling for microcells and PCS cell design
Author_Institution :
US West Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
The paper addresses the issues that are important in using and selecting commercially available prediction tools and provides some insight to RF engineers into the selection of a tool for a certain task. It also presents some of the competing models in cellular, microcellular and PCS cell design. The effect of terrain database inaccuracies on predicted RF signal levels is also addressed. RF signal level measurements for a suburban area are compared to those predicted on the basis of Hata´s (1980), and COST231-Hata models
Keywords :
cellular radio; personal communication networks; COST231-Hata model; Hata model; PCS cell design; RF predictions; RF signal levels; cellular design; microcells; microcellular cell; prediction tools; suburban area; terrain database inaccuracies; Databases; Level measurement; Microcell networks; Multiaccess communication; Personal communication networks; Predictive models; Radio frequency; Reliability engineering; Terrain mapping; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1994 IEEE 44th
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1927-3
DOI :
10.1109/VETEC.1994.345396
