Methodology for the comparison of cellular technologies and services with respect to EMF exposure

Author

Popovic, Milica ; Koprivica, Mladen ; Niksic, Stevan ; Milinkovic, Jelena ; Neskovic, Aleksandar

Author_Institution

Telekom Srbija a.d., Belgrade, Serbia

fYear

2014

fDate

25-27 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

16

Abstract

In order to compare cellular technologies and services with respect to EMF exposure, the methodology for comparing user equipment transmit power levels averaged in time is proposed. Focusing on data that can be retrieved from the network and drive-test measurements, the paper identifies the main challenges: different reporting in different technologies, different signal shapes, and the activity of the service on the radio interface. The methodology for processing recorded samples is given, and illustrative examples analyzed.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; biological effects of fields; cellular radio; EMF exposure; UMTS; cellular services; cellular technology; drive-test measurements; electromagnetic field exposure; radio interface; 3G mobile communication; Base stations; GSM; Multiaccess communication; Power measurement; Radio transmitters; Uplink; EMF exposure dose; GSM; UMTS; duty factor; exposure index; network reports; power profile;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Forum Telfor (TELFOR), 2014 22nd

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6190-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TELFOR.2014.7034347

Filename

7034347