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dc.contributor.authorMollel, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMichael, Kisangiri
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-04T08:51:51Z
dc.date.available2021-05-04T08:51:51Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/1167
dc.descriptionThis research article published by Computer Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Vol.5, No.9, 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractEmpirical propagation models have found favor in both research and industrial communities owing to their speed of execution and their limited reliance on detailed knowledge of the terrain. In mobile communication the accuracy prediction of path losses is a crucial element during network planning and optimization. However, the existence of multiple propagation models means that there is no propagation model which is precisely and accurate in prediction of path loss fit for every environs other than in which they were designed. This paper presents few empirical models suitable for path loss prediction in mobile communication. Experimental measurements of received power for the 900 MHz GSM system are made in urban, suburban, and rural areas of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Measured data are compared with those obtained by five prediction models: Stanford University Interim (SUI) models [1], the COST-231 Hata model [2], the ECC-33 model [3], the ERICSSON model [4], and the HATA-OKUMURA model [5]. The results show that in general the SUI, COST-231, ERICSSON, and Hata-Okumura under-predict the path loss in all environments, while the ECC-33 model shows the best results, especially in suburban and over-predict pathloss in urban area.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherComputer Engineering and Intelligent Systemsen_US
dc.subjectPropagation pathlossen_US
dc.subjectEmpirical modelsen_US
dc.subjectRadio coverageen_US
dc.subjectMobile communications.en_US
dc.titleComparison of Empirical Propagation Path Loss Models for Mobile Communicationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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