Propagation-path losses characterization for 800 MHz cellular communications in Bangkok

Author

Paiboon, S. ; Phokharatkul, P. ; Somkuarnpanit, S.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., King Mongkut´´s Inst. of Technol., Bangkok, Thailand

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36495

Firstpage

1209

Abstract

This paper presents the propagation modeling for an 800 MHz cellular mobile system for design of the coverage areas. The model was modified from models of Lee and Hata for appropriate use in the Bangkok area. Having measured the field strengths at 52 locations around Bangkok, we found that the propagation-path loss at 1 mile, L₀, is 72.7 dB, and the slope of the path loss, γ, is approximately 36.0 dB/dec. The measurements are based on a reference regarding the antenna heights of the base station and receiver at 30 and 3 meters, and with the antenna gains of the base station and receiver at 6 dB_d and 0 dB_d, respectively

Keywords

UHF antennas; UHF radio propagation; cellular radio; telecommunication network planning; 800 MHz; Bangkok; Thailand; antenna gains; cellular communications; coverage areas; design; field strengths; overall; propagation modeling; propagation-path losses characterization; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Base stations; Design engineering; Frequency; Mobile communication; Propagation losses; Receiving antennas; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 99. Proceedings of the IEEE Region 10 Conference

Conference_Location

Cheju Island

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5739-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.1999.818644

Filename

818644