Terrestrial communication experiments over various regions of Indian subcontinent and tuning of Hata’s model

• Published in: Annales des télécommunications 2008-04, Vol.63 (3-4), p.223-235
• Main Authors: Prasad, M. V. S. N., Ratnamala, K., Chaitanya, M., Dalela, P. K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Circuits; Communications Engineering; Computer Communication Networks; Engineering; Exact sciences and technology; Information and Communication; Information Systems and Communication Service; Networks; Organization and planning of networks (techniques and equipments); Original Paper; R & D/Technology Policy; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Systems, networks and services of telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Transmission and modulation (techniques and equipments)
• ISSN: 0003-4347; 1958-9395
• DOI: 10.1007/s12243-008-0022-9

The development of various radio planning tools for the design of fixed and mobile communication systems requires radio channel measurements, comparison with various models, and the tuning of various parameters involved in the model. Based on the various land- and rail-based VHF/UHF measurements over northern, southern, western, and eastern parts of Indian subcontinent, the parameters of Okumura–Hata model are tuned, and modified parameters for the above regions have been deduced. These can be utilized for the design and development of future broadcast systems, mobile communication systems in this region of the world.