Determination of Rounded Edge Diffraction Loss for a Plateau Using Hacking Method

Victor Akpaiya Udom; Kalu Constance; Asuquo Ifiok Okon

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Determination of Rounded Edge Diffraction Loss for a Plateau Using Hacking Method

Victor Akpaiya Udom, Kalu Constance, Asuquo Ifiok Okon

Published in American Journal of Software Engineering and Applications (Volume 6, Issue 2)

Received: 3 January 2017 Accepted: 18 January 2017 Published: 12 June 2017

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In this paper, Hacking rounded edge diffraction loss method is used to determine the diffraction loss over a plateau in the path of microwave signal in the GSM frequency band, 800 MHz to 2100 MHz. The computation is based on the path profile with path length of 4996.243 m and a plateau in the signal path. The plateau has maximum elevation of 268.9 m and it occurred at a distance of 3557.8 m from the transmitter. The line of sight clearance height is 45.747499 m and occultation distance is 1538.759 m. At 800 MHz, the diffraction loss is 55.25 dB whereas at 2100 MHz the diffraction loss is 71.713 dB. The result is useful for GSM network planning.

Published in	American Journal of Software Engineering and Applications (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajsea.20170602.14
Page(s)	35-39
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Rounded Edge Diffraction, Diffraction Loss, Elevation Profile, Diffraction Parameter, Knife Edge Diffraction, Hacking Rounded Edge Diffraction Method

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Victor Akpaiya Udom, Kalu Constance, Asuquo Ifiok Okon. (2017). Determination of Rounded Edge Diffraction Loss for a Plateau Using Hacking Method. American Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, 6(2), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajsea.20170602.14

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Victor Akpaiya Udom, Kalu Constance, Asuquo Ifiok Okon. Determination of Rounded Edge Diffraction Loss for a Plateau Using Hacking Method. Am J Softw Eng Appl. 2017;6(2):35-39. doi: 10.11648/j.ajsea.20170602.14

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Victor Akpaiya Udom

Department of Electrical/Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria
Kalu Constance

Department of Electrical/Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria
Asuquo Ifiok Okon

Department of Electrical/Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria

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Victor Akpaiya Udom, Kalu Constance, Asuquo Ifiok Okon. (2017). Determination of Rounded Edge Diffraction Loss for a Plateau Using Hacking Method. American Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, 6(2), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajsea.20170602.14

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Victor Akpaiya Udom; Kalu Constance; Asuquo Ifiok Okon. Determination of Rounded Edge Diffraction Loss for a Plateau Using Hacking Method. Am. J. Softw. Eng. Appl. 2017, 6(2), 35-39. doi: 10.11648/j.ajsea.20170602.14

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Victor Akpaiya Udom, Kalu Constance, Asuquo Ifiok Okon. Determination of Rounded Edge Diffraction Loss for a Plateau Using Hacking Method. Am J Softw Eng Appl. 2017;6(2):35-39. doi: 10.11648/j.ajsea.20170602.14

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