System and method for cumulative clutter path loss
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorJames G. Clancy
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Abstract
A method and system of determining the cumulative clutter path loss between two points within a coverage area (30) of a telecommunications network. The coverage area of the network is divided into a geographical matrix of bins (31). For each bin in the matrix, a clutter value is assigned indicating the appropriate losses a signal experiences as it propagates through the bin. The clutter values of bins (31) in the matrix are added along a radial (21) connecting the two points to determine a cumulative clutter path loss between a transmitter and a receiver, such as a base station (20) and mobile handset (28).
Claims27
In a telecommunications network, a method of determining the cumulative clutter path loss between two points within a coverage area of the network comprising the steps of:
- dividing the coverage area into a geographical matrix of bins;
- for each bin in the matrix, assigning a clutter value by assigning a length, a width, and a height coordinate to objects in each bin of said matrix, said clutter value indicating the appropriate losses a signal experiences as it propagates through the bin;
- and
- adding the clutter values of bins in the matrix along a radial connecting said two points to determine a cumulative clutter path loss between a transmitter and a receiver situated at said two points.
In a telecommunications network, a system for determining the cumulative clutter path loss between two points within a coverage area of the network comprising:
- means for dividing the coverage area into a geographical matrix of bins;
- means for assigning a clutter value including a length, a width, and a height coordinate to objects in each bin of said matrix said clutter value indicating the appropriate losses a signal experiences as it propagates through a bin;
- and
- means for adding the clutter values of bins in the matrix along a radial connecting said two points to determine a cumulative clutter path loss between a transmitter and a receiver situated at said two points.
In a telecommunications network, a program product for determining the cumulative clutter path loss between two points within a coverage area of the network comprising:
- instruction means residing in a computer for dividing the coverage area into a geographical matrix of bins;
- instruction means residing in a computer for assigning a clutter value by assigning a length, a width, and a height coordinate to objects in each bin of said matrix said clutter value indicating the appropriate losses a signal experiences as it propagates through the bin;
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- instruction means residing in a computer for adding the clutter values of bins in the matrix along a radial connecting said two points to determine a cumulative clutter path loss between a transmitter and a receiver situated at said two points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.