Title :
Urban in-building cellular frequency reuse
Author :
Brickhouse, Robert A. ; Rappaport, Theodore S.
Author_Institution :
Corp. Res. Center, Blacksburg Res. & Dev. Center, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
Indoor parasitic cellular systems reuse the same frequencies as outdoor (macrocellular) cellular systems to provide wireless communications inside a building or campus. We provide an analysis, based upon actual field strength measurements of macrocellular channels inside a high-rise building, to determine the frequency reuse and capacity that is possible. Future reuse is predicted over a six year timeline in three month intervals and includes the effect of height above ground inside the building. Our results show that indoor reuse is practical as long as interference levels of about -85 dBm can be tolerated from the outdoor macrocellular system
Keywords :
building; cellular radio; channel capacity; field strength measurement; frequency allocation; land mobile radio; radiofrequency interference; radiowave propagation; campus; capacity; field strength measurements; height above ground; high rise building; indoor parasitic cellular systems; indoor reuse; interference levels; macrocellular channels; outdoor cellular systems; outdoor macrocellular system; urban in-building cellular frequency reuse; wireless communications; Antenna measurements; Costs; Floors; Frequency measurement; Interference; Loss measurement; Personal communication networks; Radio frequency; Research and development; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1996. GLOBECOM '96. 'Communications: The Key to Global Prosperity
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3336-5
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1996.587630
