Novel approach to predict path loss in hilly terrain scenario

A novel technique to predict path loss in hilly terrain scenario is presented. The technique exploits the correlation between known terrain height and its corresponding path loss measurement when the receiver moves along the terrain curvature. This correlated information is converted into the regression formula and is used to predict the path loss for any arbitrary terrain structure that is the subset of known terrain height database. The prediction of the path loss is compared with the published results. The comparison shows significant improvement over other empirical model such as Stanford University Interim (SUI) model.