Okumura Model

Interactive Okumura-Hata Propagation Calculator v1.2

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3. Construct Link Budgets

Uplink Budget

Term or Factor Given Dense Urb. Urban Suburban Rural

MS TX Power (dbm) (+) 39
MS antenna gain and body loss (+/-) 4
MS EIRP (dBm) (+) 43.00 43.00 43.00 43.00
BTS cable loss (dB) (-) -3 -3 -3 -3
BTS RX sensitivity (dBm) (-) -91 -91.0 -91.0 -91.0 -91.0

Survivable Uplink Path Loss (dB) (+) 131.0 131.0 131.0 131.0

Downlink Budget

Term or Factor Given Dense Urb. Urban Suburban Rural

TX power (dBm) (+) 53.3 53.30 53.30 53.30 53.30
Subscriber RX sensitivity (dBm) (-) -85 -85 -85 -85 -85

Survivable Downlink Path Loss, dB (+) 138.3 138.3 138.3 138.3

Forward/Reverse Link Balance Dense

Urban Urban Suburban Rural Highway
Which link is dominant? Downlink Downlink Downlink Downlink Downlink
What advantage, dB? 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3

4. Explore propagation model to figure coverage radius of cell.

Frequency, MHz. 870

Subscriber Antenna Height, M 1.5
Dense
Urban Urban Suburban Rural Highway
Base Station Antenna Height, M 30 30 30 30 30

Dense
Urban Urban Suburban Rural Highway
Environmental Correction, dB -2 -5 -12.4 -12 -17
Coverage Radius, kM 1.63 1.98 6.12 5.96 8.27
Coverage Radius, Miles 1.01 1.23 3.80 3.71 5.14

7/18/1997 bsb

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Scratchpad Area
for propagation model:

800 mHz band format: Okumura-Hata terms

69.55 69.55 69.55 69.55 69.55 constant term
76.8978236485 76.897824 76.897823649 76.897824 76.897824 20 log Fmhz
-20.41381574 -20.413816 -20.41381574 -20.413816 -20.413816 BTS ht correction factor
-9.8542840295 -9.854284 -9.854284 suburban or rural correction
0.000919047 0.000919 0.000919047 0.000919 0.000919 Ahm correction factor (mobile ht)
126.034926955 126.03493 116.18064293 116.18064 116.18064 sum of all excluding distance term, valid if d=1 km

1900 mHz band format: COST231-Hata terms

46.3 46.3 46.3 46.3 46.3 constant term
99.6497026638 99.649703 99.649702664 99.649703 99.649703 20 log Fmhz
-20.41381574 -20.413816 -20.41381574 -20.413816 -20.413816 BTS ht correction factor
-9.8542840295 -9.854284 -9.854284 suburban or rural correction
0.000919047 0.000919 0.000919047 0.000919 0.000919 Ahm correction factor (mobile ht)
125.536805971 125.53681 115.682521941 115.68252 115.68252 sum of all terms excluding distance term, valid if d=1 km

dense urban urban suburban rural highway

123.536805971 120.53681 103.28252194 103.68252 98.682522 total attenuation not including distance term
131.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 worst-direction available link budget excess to treat as allo
7.5 10.5 27.7 27.3 32.3 delta DB: path loss at one km is this much lower than max
35.2248557816 35.224856 35.224855782 35.224856 35.224856 slope (db/decade) of signal decay as function of distance
1.63 1.98 6.12 5.96 8.27 distance, km. to consume all available excess signal

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Highway Formula

43.00 A
-3 G
-91.0 H+I+J

A+B+C+D+E+
131.0 F+G-(H+I+J)

Highway Formula
53.30
-85 F
A+B+C+D+
138.3 E-F

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-9.854284 -136.16428

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