Complementing radio-planning tools to analyze EMF-aware access selection

In spite of the growing presence of wireless communications, some concerns have recently loomed about the potential risks of the exposure to the electromagnetic fields they induce. In this paper we introduce a methodology that would allow to study the performance of enhanced access selection mechanisms, which include the willingness to reduce such exposure. The proposed framework has been conceived with the main goal of complementing other types of analysis that, despite providing a much more accurate characterization of the physical parameters, do not offer the degree of flexibility that would be required to understand the performance of these novel resource management solutions.