Effects of vegetation on urban cellular systems

Author

Dal Bello, Julio Cesar R ; Siqueira, Glaucio L. ; Bertoni, Henry L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun. Eng., Univ. Fed. Fluminense, Niteroi, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

5-9 Oct 1998

Firstpage

113

Abstract

This paper reports on a measurement campaign (for frequencies in the range from 900 MHz to 1.8 GHz) to verify the effects of vegetation of park areas inside city centers on cellular or related systems. Multipath effects were observed due to the changes of the environment. Effects of frequency, transmitter antenna height and polarization on mean path loss through vegetation are also reported

Keywords

Rician channels; UHF radio propagation; cellular radio; electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave polarisation; losses; multipath channels; statistical analysis; transmitting antennas; 900 MHz to 1.8 GHz; Rician fading; UHF; city centers; forested park; frequency; mean path loss; measurement campaign; multipath effects; park areas; polarization; small scale statistics; transmitter antenna height; urban cellular systems; vegetation effects; Antenna accessories; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Area measurement; Base stations; Cities and towns; Fading; Frequency; Radio transmitters; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Florence

ISSN

1091-8442

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5106-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1998.732814

Filename

732814