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Abstract(s)
An overlaid Wimax cellular structure is proposed for emergency and safety services, with micro-cells covering
urban hotspots over a macro-cellular structure. In the region of Beira Interior the process of cellular planning has to account for carrier-to-noise-interference ratio. Sectorisation is used in order to reduce reuse patterns and increase system capacity, while cell overlay is proposed to overcome coverage problems in large towns and cities. Geographic Information Systems tools are considered for Line-of-Sight discovery, and ~75% of LoS coverage is guaranteed in the city of Covilhã. The point-to-point component is also being incorporated in
the planning tool. By comparing the 3.5GHz and the 5.8GHz bands one concludes that it is possible to use lower values of the antenna gains in the first case.
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Keywords
IEEE 802.16 Cellular planning GIS Services and applications Interference
Citation
Fernando J. Velez, Vitor Carvalho, Dany Santos, Rui P. Marcos, Rui Costa, Pedro Sebastião and António Rodrigues, “Planning of an IEEE 802.16e Network for Emergency and Safety Services,” in Proc. of 3G 2005 - 6th IEE International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, London, England, UK, Nov. 2005.
Publisher
IET