HataS Empirical Formula And Cell Size Estimation

Hata Model is applied for GSM Link Budget,here i write about its formula and Cell Size
Estimation

HataS Empirical Formula
PL = 69.55 +26.6log10fc - 13.82log10hb + (44.9 6.55log10hb)log10R a(hm) -CF
Where ,
fc Frequency in MHZ
hb Transmitter antenna height
hm Receiver antenna height
R Radius in Km
a(hm) is the correction factor for effective mobile antenna height
Solving backwards the cell radius is given by
log10R = MAPL +CF 69.55 +26.6log10fc + 13.82log10hb + a(hm) / (44.9 6.55log10hb)
Cell Size/Count Estimation
Once the Maximum allowable path loss is known, the achievable cell size can be
evaluated.
Cell radius is calculated using MAPL and Hatas empirical formula.
Cell radius is the distance from base station where the path loss equals MAPL.
Beyond this radius, the signal is too weak to be acceptable.
Each area has a different correction factor.
Also the coverage objectives are usually different for Urban, Suburban and Rural
areas.
Therefore MAPL has to be calculated for each area and then cell size determined
separately.
Once the cell radius is calculated, cell count estimates can be made.
Once the cell radius for each area is calculated, then the minimum number of cells
required to provide coverage can be determined.
For each area
A = 2.6R
2

Where,
1. R radius of cell
2. A Area of the corresponding hexagon.
Cell count = Urban Area(Km2) + Suburban area(Km2) + RuralArea(Km2)
Cell Count = Aurban(Km
2
) + Asuburban(Km
2
) + Arural(Km
2
)