Cellular Mobile Radio Propagation Characteristics Case Study of Globacom and Mobile Telecommunications Networks (MTN)

📄 Project Abstract

This thesis is on the study of Cellular Mobile Radio Signal Propagation Characteristics. Measurements of received signal powers were taken when the measuring device was moving outwards from some selected Base Stations along the Propagation paths, in outdoor environments (rural and urban). The variations of the signal in relation to distance away from the Base Stations were closely studied. The main propagation mechanisms of the radio signal such as direct propagation, reflection, and diffraction were considered. Effects of these mechanisms such as path loss, multipath propagation, and shadowing were investigated. In order to study these effects, two site-specific scenarios were chosen. The first scenario consisted of open/rural areas on some selected roads along which measurements were taken with a Cellular Mobile Network Analyser being moved away from the base stations. The second scenario comprised some selected buildings on Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) main campus. Here, multipath ...