COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PATH LOSS PREDICTION MODELS FOR URBAN MACROCELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS

Authors

  • A Obot Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria
  • O Simeon Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria
  • J Afolayan Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.303.20

Keywords:

Macrocellular areas, path loss prediction models, Hata model, mean square error

Abstract

A comparative analysis of path loss prediction models for urban macrocellular environments is presented in this paper. Specifically, three path loss prediction models namely free space, Hata and Egli were used to predict path losses. The calculated path loss values were compared with practical measured data obtained from a Visafone base station located in Uyo, Nigeria. The comparative analysis reveals that the mean square error (MSE) for free space, Hata and Egli were 16.24dB, 2.37dB and 8.40dB respectively. The results showed that Hata’s model is the most accurate and reliable path loss prediction model for macrocellular urban propagation environments, since its MSE value of 2.37dB is smaller than the acceptable minimum MSE value of 6dB for good signal propagation.

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PATH LOSS PREDICTION MODELS FOR URBAN MACROCELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS. (2009). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 30(3), 50-59. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.303.20