Unified propagation model for determination of macrocell GSM (2G, 3G, 4G) coverage areas

Abstract

Many empirical and theoretical models have been developed, over the past 50 years, to predict coverage areas of propagation. These models are not actually appropriate for every area, since each model was developed in a specific district. These models, no matter how accurate, cause power loss and co-channel interference when they used in the environments where they have not been properly adapted. It's vital to determine the measured field strength for efficient radiocell planning and prediction of the minimum power of transmission required from a base station at a specific frequency to ensure sufficient quality of coverage over a service area. A unified propagation loss model is developed in this work to determine the radio coverage of GSM service areas to improve quality of wireless services for 2G, 3G and 4G. This is the only unified model in the literature. Then, we make site-specific Received Signal Strength measurements and making a detailed comparison of simulation with the measurement results performed at the site. The good agrements are obtain. We also verify our unified propagation loss model with literature.