The choice of a given propagation model has a major impact on the accuracy and effectiveness of cellular planning, especially in an urban environment, where a higher degree of detail is required. Rigorous models, such as those based on ray optics, are generally heavily time-consuming; furthermore, they are accurate only if high resolution data-bases (of buildings, land usage, etc.) are available, and the cost of these data-bases is increasingly affecting the operators' budget. Therefore, one should use them only in their "validity domain", i.e., the area where they are both reliable and necessary; using complex tools where it is not needed implies an overhead in terms of computation time and, above all, data-base cost. For this reason, increasing interest and effort are being devoted by operators, manufacturers, and system planners in general to determine the validity domains of propagation models in urban environment. In this paper we introduce a new methodology, based on objective indicators related to field strength statistics, to determine these domains.

M. Barbiroli, C.C. (1998). A new methodology for the identification of validity domains of prediction models in urban environment. 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/ICUPC.1998.732813].

A new methodology for the identification of validity domains of prediction models in urban environment

M. Barbiroli
;
C. Carciofi
;
G. Falciasecca;P. Grazioso
1998

Abstract

The choice of a given propagation model has a major impact on the accuracy and effectiveness of cellular planning, especially in an urban environment, where a higher degree of detail is required. Rigorous models, such as those based on ray optics, are generally heavily time-consuming; furthermore, they are accurate only if high resolution data-bases (of buildings, land usage, etc.) are available, and the cost of these data-bases is increasingly affecting the operators' budget. Therefore, one should use them only in their "validity domain", i.e., the area where they are both reliable and necessary; using complex tools where it is not needed implies an overhead in terms of computation time and, above all, data-base cost. For this reason, increasing interest and effort are being devoted by operators, manufacturers, and system planners in general to determine the validity domains of propagation models in urban environment. In this paper we introduce a new methodology, based on objective indicators related to field strength statistics, to determine these domains.
1998
ICUPC 1998 - IEEE 1998 International Conference on Universal Personal Communications, Conference Proceedings
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M. Barbiroli, C.C. (1998). A new methodology for the identification of validity domains of prediction models in urban environment. 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/ICUPC.1998.732813].
M. Barbiroli, C. Carciofi, R. De Bernardi, G. Falciasecca, M. Frullone, P. Grazioso
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