Modelling line of sight availability for high frequency urban radio networks

Author

Biddiscombe, J.A.

Author_Institution

Radio Commun. Res. Unit, Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK

fYear

1999

fDate

21-24 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

110

Abstract

The growing trend towards high bandwidth wireless services operating in the millimetre-wave frequency band requires the development of new models and modelling tools for accurate prediction of coverage. This paper presents a simple model of LOS visibility as a function of transmitter and receiver heights for urban environments parameters derived from a 3D building. A comparison is made with similar coverage plots generated using ray tracing techniques on the same data set. Limitations and means of improving the prediction accuracy are discussed.

Keywords

millimetre wave propagation; radio networks; radio receivers; radio transmitters; ray tracing; 3D building; LOS visibility model; coverage prediction; data set; high bandwidth wireless services; high frequency urban radio networks; line of sight availability modelling; millimetre-wave frequency band; modelling tools; prediction accuracy; ray tracing; receiver height; transmitter height; urban environments parameters; Availability; Bandwidth; Databases; Frequency; Power cables; Predictive models; Radio networks; Receiving antennas; Transmitters; Tree graphs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technologies for Wireless Applications, 1999. Digest. 1999 IEEE MTT-S Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5152-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTTTWA.1999.755137

Filename

755137