Partition-based path loss analysis for in-home and residential areas at 5.85 GHz

This paper presents a novel technique for organizing narrowband radio path loss measurements and finding optimal partition-based prediction models. The techniques may be applied to wireless system site planning for indoor, small-cell outdoor, and hybrid indoor-outdoor environments at any frequency. Specifically, this paper develops path loss models using 5.85 GHz continuous-wave (CW) measurements made in and around homes and trees; the resulting models demonstrate how site-specific information will improve path loss prediction. The results are particularly appropriate for site planning in the 5-6 GHz frequency regime for emerging wireless consumer devices that operate in the National Information Infrastructure (in the US) and HIPERLAN (in Europe) bands