Title :
Behavior of a mobile communication link in an urban environment: a test case
Author :
Carmo, João Paulo Pereira do
Author_Institution :
Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestao, Instituto Politecnico de Braganca, Portugal
Abstract :
This paper presents practical and theoretical results. The practical results were obtained during one test-drive made in Porto downtown (CBD), named Baixa. The practical results are compared with application of the theoretical models. The urban parameters were assumed to be position-independent. These results will be of importance for mobile cellular communication systems in macro and microcell scenarios in dense urban areas. Two models for downtown are presented: regression line fit (RLF) and Okumura baseline fit (OBF). The generated results confirm the good agreement with the zone under study, due to the lowest absolute mean errors and standard deviations generated.
Keywords :
cellular radio; curve fitting; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; Okumura baseline fit model; Porto; QoS; absolute mean errors; macrocell scenarios; microcell scenarios; mobile cellular communication systems; mobile communication link behavior; models; position-independent urban parameters; regression line fit model; standard deviations; test-drive; urban environment; Antenna feeds; Antenna theory; Computer aided software engineering; Directive antennas; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Propagation losses; Receiving antennas; Testing; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Telecommunication Technology, 2002. CriMiCo 2002. 12th International Conference
Print_ISBN :
966-7968-12-X
DOI :
10.1109/CRMICO.2002.1137216
