Characterization of radio wave propagation into buildings at 1800 MHz

Author

Martijn, E.F.T. ; Herben, M.H.A.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun. Technol. & Electromagn., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

2

Issue

1

fYear

2003

fDate

6/25/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

122

Lastpage

125

Abstract

The paper presents the results of signal strength measurements at 1800 MHz in four office buildings in The Hague, illuminated by an outdoor base station with an antenna above the rooftop. The objectives of these experiments are to study the behavior of the received signal strength at different floors of a building and to determine the main characteristics concerning cell coverage, namely, signal attenuation and variation within these buildings. It is shown that large fluctuations occur between average signal levels in line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS areas of multifloor buildings.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; cellular radio; indoor radio; 1800 MHz; LOS areas; The Hague; cell coverage; line-of-sight areas; multifloor buildings; nonLOS areas; office buildings; outdoor base station; outdoor-to-indoor propagation; radiowave propagation; received signal strength; signal attenuation; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Base stations; Electromagnetic measurements; Floors; GSM; Loss measurement; Power measurement; Propagation losses; UHF propagation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2003.815279

Filename

1224621