Influence of building type on penetration loss in UHF band for 100 buildings in Flanders

In this paper penetration loss measurements at 600 MHz for 100 buildings in a DVBH system are analyzed and discussed. A classification has been made on building type and on the number of radiated walls of the rooms. The average penetration loss of 100 buildings equals 8.10 dB, the standard deviation is 6.23 dB. These values agree reasonably well with the ETSI values. Rooms with less radiated sides have higher penetration losses (from 9.24 dB for 0 radiated sides to 3.58 dB for 3 radiated sides). Terraced houses have higher penetration losses than mansions and villas. Penetration losses have been modeled as a function of the number of radiated sides for private houses, mansions, and villas. Lognormal fits and K-S tests have demonstrated that the penetration loss values are lognormally distributed.