(Micro)cell coverage area using statistical methods

This work uses the well established propagation models of the mobile radio channel to estimate the cell coverage area in situations where the received envelope contains a line-of-sight component. In particular it is assumed that the mean signal power varies with x^-α, where α is the distance between mobile and base station antennas and α is the path loss coefficient. The coverage area is estimated on a statistical basis where the signal envelope is considered to follow a Ricean distribution. The results obtained here can be modified to be used in a microcell environment. In such a case the break-point in the linear regression fit for the mean signal power, as a function of distance, must be considered