A computer algorithm for prediction of service area in a mobile radio communication system

Author

Mundra, Pritpal ; Singal, T. ; Kamal, T.

Author_Institution

Punjab Wireless Syst. Ltd., Chandigarh, India

fYear

1990

fDate

6-9 May 1990

Firstpage

384

Lastpage

389

Abstract

A computer algorithm for predicting the service area of a specified percentage of locations that are required to be covered is developed. An empirical formula for performance margin (PM) as a function of frequency (f) and probability of communication (P_x) is derived. This is presented in the form PM=( A+BP_x+Clog P_x) (log f), where A, B, and C are constants depending on frequency and probability of communication. The algorithm enables the determination of the correction factor that must be applied to the range when location probability other than 50% is required. The algorithm can be extended to determine the cochannel interference radius for planning a mobile communication network

Keywords

mobile radio systems; probability; radiowave propagation; telecommunications computing; computer algorithm; location probability; mobile radio communication system; service area prediction; Communication networks; Communication systems; Educational institutions; Fading; Frequency; Interchannel interference; Land mobile radio; Mobile communication; Prediction algorithms; Signal design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1990 IEEE 40th

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1990.110352

Filename

110352