Propagation measurements for indoor mobile picocell coverage

Author

Siqueira, G.L. ; Vásquez, E.V. ; Gomes, R.A. ; Sampaio, C.B. ; Costa, V.C.F. ; Socorro, M.A.

Author_Institution

Center for Telecommun. Studies, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

11-14 Aug 1997

Firstpage

207

Abstract

The rapid increase on the demand for mobile telephony has led the operating companies to use cell splitting in order to increase capacity. This tends to reduce the cells sizes to what is called picocells, which suits office and factory environments. Eventually the next generation of mobile systems, PCS, will be introduced, helping to cope with the high demand. Although the frequency of the PCS system will be around 1800 MHz, the aim of this work is to verify how a 900 MHz signal behaves inside a building with corridors and rooms receiving a signal internally and externally. The attenuation due to obstructing material is determined. In the next set of experiments the 1800 MHz frequency will be used

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; cellular radio; fading; indoor radio; losses; 900 MHz; UHF; building environment; cell splitting; factory environment; indoor mobile picocell coverage; obstructing material attenuation; office environment; propagation measurements; Attenuation; Base stations; Building materials; Character generation; Floors; Frequency; Indoor radio communication; Personal communication networks; Production facilities; Windows;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1997. Linking to the Next Century. Proceedings., 1997 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Natal

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4165-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBMOMO.1997.646851

Filename

646851