Analysis of Different Path Loss Propagation Models Based on 4G Walk Test Data
The study of path loss propagation is of high importance in telecommunication, for optimizing the efficiency of wireless communication networks. In this paper, four path loss propagation models; free space path loss (FSPL) model, Okumura model, Okumura-Hata model, and COST 231-Hata model were compar...
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| description | The study of path loss propagation is of high importance in telecommunication, for optimizing the efficiency of wireless communication networks. In this paper, four path loss propagation models; free space path loss (FSPL) model, Okumura model, Okumura-Hata model, and COST 231-Hata model were compared. The models were compared using measurement data from Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The data is gotten from a 4G walk test using two mobile applications. The first mobile application Network, Signal Info (version 5.68.07), was used to acquire the received signal strength in and the distance between the BTS antenna and the mobile antenna. While the second mobile application, G-NetTrack Lite (version 14.8), was used to map out the track path followed during the test. Choba, the study area, is a coastal suburban area with map coordinates 4.8941° N, 6.9263° E. The measured distance range was from 0.09 km to 0.45 km, and a path loss range of 69dB to 81dB. While the BTS and mobile antenna heights were 32 m and 1m respectively, with a carrier frequency of 800MHz. BTS transmission power of 23 dBm was assumed, based on 3GPP eNodeB recommendations. A graph comparison of the studied models showed that Okumura-Hata model and COST 231-Hata model had the closest predictions to the measured path loss. The need for better path loss models for 4G and 5G propagations was observed |
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| spelling | doaj.art-40bd0ad0ec4c4324b57361117e9b54912022-12-22T03:55:24ZfasUniversity of TehranJournal of Information Technology Management2008-58932423-50592022-05-01143394910.22059/jitm.2022.8726287262Analysis of Different Path Loss Propagation Models Based on 4G Walk Test DataStella Ifeoma Orakwue0Hamza Mohammed Ridha Al-Khafaji1Electrical, Electronic Engineering Department, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B. 5323, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NigeriaBiomedical Engineering Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, 51001 Hillah, Babil, Iraq.The study of path loss propagation is of high importance in telecommunication, for optimizing the efficiency of wireless communication networks. In this paper, four path loss propagation models; free space path loss (FSPL) model, Okumura model, Okumura-Hata model, and COST 231-Hata model were compared. The models were compared using measurement data from Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The data is gotten from a 4G walk test using two mobile applications. The first mobile application Network, Signal Info (version 5.68.07), was used to acquire the received signal strength in and the distance between the BTS antenna and the mobile antenna. While the second mobile application, G-NetTrack Lite (version 14.8), was used to map out the track path followed during the test. Choba, the study area, is a coastal suburban area with map coordinates 4.8941° N, 6.9263° E. The measured distance range was from 0.09 km to 0.45 km, and a path loss range of 69dB to 81dB. While the BTS and mobile antenna heights were 32 m and 1m respectively, with a carrier frequency of 800MHz. BTS transmission power of 23 dBm was assumed, based on 3GPP eNodeB recommendations. A graph comparison of the studied models showed that Okumura-Hata model and COST 231-Hata model had the closest predictions to the measured path loss. The need for better path loss models for 4G and 5G propagations was observedhttps://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_87262_e36012a6536a98a880e94a3f184e10e9.pdfpath lossfsplokumura modelokumura-hata modelcost 231-hata model |
| spellingShingle | Stella Ifeoma Orakwue Hamza Mohammed Ridha Al-Khafaji Analysis of Different Path Loss Propagation Models Based on 4G Walk Test Data Journal of Information Technology Management path loss fspl okumura model okumura-hata model cost 231-hata model |
| title | Analysis of Different Path Loss Propagation Models Based on 4G Walk Test Data |
| title_full | Analysis of Different Path Loss Propagation Models Based on 4G Walk Test Data |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of Different Path Loss Propagation Models Based on 4G Walk Test Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Different Path Loss Propagation Models Based on 4G Walk Test Data |
| title_short | Analysis of Different Path Loss Propagation Models Based on 4G Walk Test Data |
| title_sort | analysis of different path loss propagation models based on 4g walk test data |
| topic | path loss fspl okumura model okumura-hata model cost 231-hata model |
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