Experimental characterization of electromagnetic propagation of a hospital from 55–1950MHz

An examination of the electromagnetic environment and characteristics from 30MHz-7GHz in a hospital is discussed in this paper. Empirical propagation constants, building attenuation, floor height gain, and the CDF of the coverage, were calculated from 50-1950MHz. This is carried out to further understand the propagation of radio waves through hospitals. The understanding of wave propagation through hospitals will help advance the knowledge to control the electromagnetic environment of hospitals to decrease electromagnetic interference to medical devices. The understanding of the RF hospital environment is even more pressing given that many hospitals are implementing electronic medical records that would require the co-location and co-existence of many different types of RF emitters. The measurement parameters calculated are useful for propagation modelling.