narrowband fading characterization in brasilia to aid in the design of public safety communication systems

Author

de Almeida, E.P.L. ; Leite, J.P. ; de Carvalho, P.H.P. ; de Oliveira, R.G.A. ; Muniz, R.M.

Author_Institution

Univ. de Brasilia, Caixa

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007

Firstpage

817

Lastpage

821

Abstract

This paper presents a set of software tools focused on the characterization of the propagation environment to aid in the design of public safety communication systems. Several measurement campaigns were made to extract the statistical behavior of the narrowband fading over a mobile environment on the UHF band in the city of Brasilia. A sampling method is defined making possible the analysis for long and short term fading components. A GIS-based software was developed and used to store and automatically process the collected data. The measured data and the software were further used to evaluate the coverage of APCO-25 public safety communication system.

Keywords

geographic information systems; mobile communication; signal sampling; software tools; Brasilia; GIS; UHF band; mobile environment; narrowband fading characterization; public safety communication systems; signal sampling; software tools; Cities and towns; Communication system software; Fading; Microwave Theory and Techniques Society; Narrowband; Sampling methods; Software measurement; Software safety; Software tools; UHF measurements; Fading channels; UHF measurements; UHF radio communication; public safety; signal sampling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007. IMOC 2007. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Brazil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404383

Filename

4404383