Title :
Providing ubiquitous cellular coverage for a dense urban environment
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
The provision of ubiquitous cellular coverage to a dense urban area is difficult to achieve. This is due to the hostile radiowave propagation environments coupled with high building penetration loss. Yet it is becoming a pre-requisite for good service quality for all personal communications networks. Good radio coverage, especially for in-building locations, can only be secured by careful base site antenna positioning and flexible utilisation of coverage strategies in accordance to the environment. The author highlights some of the key problems which an operator may encounter and proposes solutions based on practical experience in deploying a real-life network
Keywords :
cellular radio; personal communication networks; base site antenna positioning; building penetration loss; cellular coverage; coverage strategies; dense urban environment; in-building locations; personal communications networks; radiowave propagation; Antennas and propagation; Attenuation; Buildings; Cities and towns; Laboratories; Personal communication networks; Propagation losses; Radiowave propagation; Telecommunication network reliability; Urban areas;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1994 IEEE 44th
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1927-3
DOI :
10.1109/VETEC.1994.345251