Abstract—This paper presents statistical path loss models derived from experimental data collected in Port Harcourt in South-South region of Nigeria from 10 existing microcells operating at 876 MHz. The results of the measurements were used to develop path loss models for the urban (Category A) and the suburban (Category B) areas of Port Harcourt. The measurement results showed that the Pathloss increases by 35.5dB and 25.7dB per decade in the urban (Category A) and suburban (Category B) areas respectively. Variations in path loss between the measured and the predicted values from the Okumura-Hata model were calculated by finding the mean square errors (MSE) to be 10.7dB and 13.4dB for the urban and suburban terrains respectively. These variations (errors) were used to modify the Okumura-Hata models for the two terrain categories. Comparing the modified Hata model with the measured values for the two categories showed a better result. The developed statistical Pathloss models or the modified Hata models can be used in the urban and suburban areas of South-South Nigeria.
1Visafone Communications Limited
2Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Cite: Ubom, E. A., Idigo, V. E., Azubogu, A. C. O., Ohaneme, C. O., and Alumona, T. L., "Path loss Characterization of Wireless Propagation for South – South Region of Nigeria," International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 360-364, 2011.
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