A hybrid propagation modelling approach for DCS 1800 macrocells

Author

Kürner, Thomas ; Faub, R. ; Wäsch, Andreas

Author_Institution

E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

28 Apr-1 May 1996

Firstpage

1628

Abstract

A hybrid propagation model for macrocells at 1800 MHz is presented. In this model several prediction methods are combined in a modular system. The selection process of the single modules is completely unsupervised. Input data are mainly terrain height and land usage information organized as raster data (resolution 50 m×50 m). Additionally street vector data is used in order to take into account the effects of street orientation and detect line-of-sight situations between base and mobile antennas within street canyons. The approach is verified by numerous measurements within the DCS 1800 network of E-Plus

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; cellular radio; digital radio; land mobile radio; 1800 MHz; DCS 1800 macrocells; E-Plus; hybrid propagation model; land usage information; line-of-sight situations; macrocellular radio; modular system; prediction methods; radio network planning; raster data; street canyons; street orientation; street vector data; terrain height information; Adaptive arrays; Area measurement; Base stations; Data processing; Distributed control; Mobile antennas; Predictive models; Process planning; Sea measurements; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1996. Mobile Technology for the Human Race., IEEE 46th

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3157-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1996.504033

Filename

504033