Title :
Electromagnetic propagation environment effects on the WiMAX communication system
Author :
Badri, Hani Wadie ; Ghnimi, Said ; Gharsallah, Ali
Author_Institution :
Unite de Rech.: Circuits et Syst. Electroniques HF, Fac. des Sci. de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract :
The goal of this paper is to study the electromagnetic environment of WiMAX (worldwide interoperability for microwave access) communication system working at 3.5 GHz. For this, we have analyzed and compared the radio signal loss in urban, suburban and rural environment with different receiver antenna height. The path loss prediction is obtained by three propagation models: SUI (Stanford University Interim), COST Hata and Ericsson model. The analysis was made using MATLAB software. The results shows that in general SUI model predict the lowest path loss, especially in suburban environments.
Keywords :
WiMax; electromagnetic wave propagation; receiving antennas; COST Hata; Ericsson model; Matlab software; SUI; WiMax communication system; electromagnetic propagation environment effects; frequency 3.5 GHz; radio signal loss; receiver antenna height; rural environment; worldwide interoperability for microwave access communication system; Mathematical model; Predictive models; Propagation losses; Receiving antennas; Urban areas; WiMAX; COST Hata; Ericsson; SUI; WiMAX; path loss; propagation models;
Conference_Titel :
Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2011 11th
Conference_Location :
Hammamet
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1814-4
Electronic_ISBN :
2157-9822
DOI :
10.1109/MMS.2011.6068545
