Cellular coverage in underground transport systems: a case study - the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan

Author

Rodrigues, Marcio ; Maia, Bruno ; Mello, Luiz Silva ; Pontes, Marlene

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

15-18 Sept. 2002

Firstpage

1213

Abstract

The paper describes the cellular coverage system design and implementation for the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan underground transport system. The project was developed at WiNGS Telecom and implemented by a pool of companies for Algar Telecomunicac$80o˜es Leste (ATL), the B-band operator in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The project characteristics, assumptions made and chosen solutions are described, as well as the propagation models and measurements. The threshold degradation due to the use of several antennas to provide coverage in tunnels and platforms is analyzed and complete link budget equations obtained.

Keywords

cellular radio; indoor radio; radiowave propagation; telecommunication network planning; Algar Telecomunicacoes Leste; Brazil; Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan; WiNGS Telecom; cellular coverage; indoor propagation; link budget equations; underground transport systems; Antennas and propagation; Base stations; Computer aided software engineering; Floors; Propagation losses; Ray tracing; Reflection; Scattering; Telecommunications; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2002. The 13th IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7589-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2002.1045221

Filename

1045221