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Assessment of Some Basic Empirical Path Loss Model for Vhf and Uhf in Kano City Nigerian Environment


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1 Faculty of Computer Science, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, Skyline University Nigeria, Nigeria
2 HOD - Computer Science, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, Skyline University Nigeria, Nigeria
3 Lecturer, Department of Software Engineering, Institute of Technology, Jigjiga University, Ethiopia
 

High demands of wireless data service are increase globally and this makes Empirical path loss models of great interest. Path loss Propagation models are useful as predictive tools for receiving signal intensity at any particular distance between the transmitter and the receiver at that particular point, it is important in many ways, such as Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) location, radio coverage area estimation, frequency assignments, interference analysis, optimization transfer, power adjustment and connection budget. This paper presents an assessments and evaluation of five widely used empirical path loss models in predicting signal in the VHF and UHF bands in Kano City, Nigeria. In the work, five error analysis methods are used and a large scale field strength measurement was conducted within Kano State metropolis using specially configured dual band handset, GPS and GENEX® Probe software, data samples were collected along a predefined route Measurement of the drive test was carried out in Kano, Nigeria to obtain path loss data from various base station transmitters at varying distances. The routes covered are Zaria highway through eastern bypass road Dan Agundi to Bayero University, Kano old site, Hotoro GRA, Badawa Layout to SabonGari along MM way and Kabuga to Bayero University New site.It was found that HATA model provides the best results in terms of minimum mean Error, RMSE and SCRMSE. HATA model has the best fit which falls within the acceptable range of ±10dB.


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Wireless data, path loss, VHF Bands, UHF Bands, Kano City.
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Authors

Saheed Tunde Zubair
Faculty of Computer Science, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, Skyline University Nigeria, Nigeria
Vijay Arputharaj
HOD - Computer Science, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, Skyline University Nigeria, Nigeria
Ashok Kumar
Faculty of Computer Science, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, Skyline University Nigeria, Nigeria
Pushpa Rega Ganesan
Lecturer, Department of Software Engineering, Institute of Technology, Jigjiga University, Ethiopia

Abstract


High demands of wireless data service are increase globally and this makes Empirical path loss models of great interest. Path loss Propagation models are useful as predictive tools for receiving signal intensity at any particular distance between the transmitter and the receiver at that particular point, it is important in many ways, such as Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) location, radio coverage area estimation, frequency assignments, interference analysis, optimization transfer, power adjustment and connection budget. This paper presents an assessments and evaluation of five widely used empirical path loss models in predicting signal in the VHF and UHF bands in Kano City, Nigeria. In the work, five error analysis methods are used and a large scale field strength measurement was conducted within Kano State metropolis using specially configured dual band handset, GPS and GENEX® Probe software, data samples were collected along a predefined route Measurement of the drive test was carried out in Kano, Nigeria to obtain path loss data from various base station transmitters at varying distances. The routes covered are Zaria highway through eastern bypass road Dan Agundi to Bayero University, Kano old site, Hotoro GRA, Badawa Layout to SabonGari along MM way and Kabuga to Bayero University New site.It was found that HATA model provides the best results in terms of minimum mean Error, RMSE and SCRMSE. HATA model has the best fit which falls within the acceptable range of ±10dB.


Keywords


Wireless data, path loss, VHF Bands, UHF Bands, Kano City.

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