Ray-tracing urban picocell 3D propagation statistics for LTE Heterogeneous Networks

Author

Mellios, Evangelos ; Hilton, Geoffrey S. ; Nix, Andrew R.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

4015

Lastpage

4019

Abstract

This paper combines measured 3-Dimensional (3D) basestation (BS) and user handheld antenna radiation patterns with a state-of-the-art 3D ray-tracing software tool in order to derive a set of urban 3D picocell propagation statistics suitable for Long Term Evolution (LTE) Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) planning. Results are presented as Cumulative Distribution Functions (CDFs) and as a function of distance from the BS. Best-fit normal and lognormal distribution parameters are also presented.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; antenna radiation patterns; log normal distribution; mobile antennas; normal distribution; picocellular radio; radiowave propagation; ray tracing; software tools; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication traffic; 3D basestation measurement; 3D ray-tracing software tool; CDF; HetNet; LTE heterogeneous networks; Long Term Evolution heterogeneous network planning; best-fit lognormal distribution parameters; best-fit normal distribution parameters; cumulative distribution functions; urban picocell 3D propagation statistic ray-tracing; user handheld antenna radiation pattern measurement; wireless data traffic demands; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Azimuth; Buildings; Dipole antennas; Three-dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6547066