Cell radius inaccuracy: a new measure of coverage reliability

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1215-1226

  Bernardin, Pete ^a   Yee, Meng F ^a   Ellis, Thomas ^a  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Area reliability; Cell edge reliability; Coverage validation; Fade margin; Propagation model tuning; Rf coverage; Rf signal strength measurement; Rf verification; Wireless quality of service (qos)

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FADING (RADIO); RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

COVERAGE VALIDATION;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032208932     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.728510     Document Type: Article

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