Evaluation of the Propagation Model Recommendation ITU-R P.1546 for Mobile Services in Rural Australia

Author

Östlin, Erik ; Suzuki, Hajime ; Zepernick, Hans-Jürgen

Author_Institution

Sensear Pty. Ltd., Perth, WA, Australia

Volume

57

Issue

1

fYear

2008

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

51

Abstract

In this paper, the validity of recommendation ITU-R P.1546 in a short-range terrestrial environment is analyzed. Its three versions (P.1546, P.1546-1, and P.1546-2) are compared against simple models and evaluated using measurement results that were obtained by utilizing the pilot signal of a commercial code-division multiple-access mobile telephone network. Measurement results show that P.1546-2, on average, underestimates the field strength by more than 10 dB for typical Australian rural areas. However, it improves the error standard deviation compared to previous versions. The causes of these effects and the suggestions for further development of the Recommendation are discussed and evaluated.

Keywords

code division multiple access; mobile radio; radiowave propagation; ITU-R P.1546 propagation model recommendation evaluation; International Telecommunication Union; code-division multiple-access mobile telephone network; error standard deviation; mobile service; rural Australia; short-range terrestrial environment; Field strength measurements; Okumura–Hata model; Okumura-Hata model; Propagation prediction; Recom-mendation ITU-R P.1546; Recommendation ITU-R P.1546; field strength measurements; point-to-area; propagation prediction;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TVT.2007.901902

Filename

4357027