Solution a) i) First the maximum allowable average path loss is calculated with the given system parameters and

applying the radio link power budget: S ms Pbs + Gbs Lpath + G ms Lpath P bs + G bs + G ms S ms 43.0 + 8.0 3.0 + 102.0 = 150.0 dB

Next the system and propagation environment parameters are inserted into the Hata average loss formula:

Lpath = 69.6 + 26.2 log(f ) 13.8 log hbs ) A (h ) + 44.9 6.55 log hbs )) log (r ) = 69.6 + 26.2 log(960) 13.8 log (30) A (h ) + ( 44.9 6.55 log (30)) log (r ) = 69.6 + 78.1 20.4 A (h ) + 35.2 log (r ) = 127.3 A (h ) + 35.2 log (r )

The term describing mobile station antenna height is now 3 m. A (hms ) = (1.1 log( f ) 0.7) hms (1.5 log(f ) 0.8) = (1.1 log(960) 0.7) 1 (1.5 log(960) 0.8) , = 2.6 3.9 = 1.3 dB giving the average path loss Lpath = 127.3 + 1.3 + 35.2 log(r ) = 128.6 + 35.2 log(r ) Now the maximum cell radius for 50 % coverage at cell border can be calculated 150.0128.6 L 128.6 log(r ) = path r = 10 35.2 = 4.05 km 35.2 ii) For 90 % coverage probability a slow fade margin (SFM) must be used. The

average path loss is reduced by the value of SFM. The allowable total loss in the radio link budget will not change. The value for the allowable path loss L path is determined by the system parameters. Now we reserve some part from the budget, slow fading margin, to guarantee that the signal is always above the allowable path loss level. The Hata model provides us with the average attenuation on the radio path. One can assume that on top of it is slowly changing process slow fading. This process can be approximated by lognormal probability distribution. In order to guarantee that the signal is over allowable level 90 % of time we have to calculate the 10 % level from this probability distribution. We were given the variance and this level depends only from the mean of the distribution. SFM = 0.1 SFM = INVQ(0.1) = 1.28 8 = 10.2 dB which gives the allowable average path loss
139.8128.6 35.2

Lpath = 150.0 10.2 = 139.8 dB r=10

= 2.08 km

b)

The system parameters are unchanged except for the MS antenna height term,

which is now A (hms ) = (1.1 log( f ) 0.7) hms (1.5 log(f ) 0.8) = (1.1 log(960) 0.7) 3 (1.5 log(960) 0.8) = 7.7 3.9 = 3.8 dB This gives Lpath = 127.3 3.8 + 35.2 log(r ) = 123.5 + 35.2 log(r ) The wall penetration loss consumes 20 dB from the allowable maximum path loss, so the outdoor average path loss is now Lpath = 150.0 20.0 = 130.0 dB r=10
130.0123.5 35.2

= 1.53 km

For 90 % coverage at cell border the standard deviation of the total log-normal fading (slow fading + wall penetration variation) must first be determined. The two lognormal processes may be assumed statistically independent. Because of the independence we can replace the sum of two lognormal process with a new lognormal process with the deviation calculated from the initial processes deviations as tot = 82 + 102 = 12.81

SFM

= 0.1 SFM = INVQ(.1) = 1.28 12.81 = 16.4 dB

The allowable average path loss is Lpath = 150.0 20 16.4 = 114.6 dB

114.6128.6

 r=10

35.2

= 0.400 km