IEEE 802.16 and WCDMA coverage prediction and feasibility study for suburban Brazilian cities

Author

Rodrigues, Eduardo J B

Author_Institution

PPgEEC, Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

28-29 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

48

Abstract

A technical case study of deployment of IEEE 802.16, also known as mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) networks over suburban to rural areas of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), extreme south of Brazil, is presented. Beyond that, the network profitability was verified by a brief economic analysis. Presented results can help network designers and investors in making decisions and were obtained based on both link level path loss simulations and economic indicators.

Keywords

WiMax; code division multiple access; economic indicators; IEEE 802.16; WCDMA; coverage prediction; economic analysis; economic indicators; feasibility study; link level path loss simulations; network profitability; suburban Brazilian cities; Cities and towns; Downlink; Economic forecasting; Economic indicators; MIMO; Mathematical model; Multiaccess communication; Packaging; Predictive models; Profitability; IEEE 802.16; WCDMA; network profitability; propagation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology Conference, 2009. EuWIT 2009. European

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4721-3

Type

conf

Filename

5291100