International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business (IJIEEB)
IJIEEB Vol. 12, No. 3, 8 Jun. 2020
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Assessment of Error Bounds for Path Loss Prediction Models for TV White Space Usage in Ekiti State, Nigeria
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Path loss model, Error Bound, RMSE, Terrain and TVWS.
Abstract
Path-loss propagation models are useful in radio communications for the prediction of signal’s coverage area, link’s design and power budget. They are equally used for radio channel characterization to accurately predict television coverage, interference analysis and ensure coexistence between the primary service providers and secondary users (through frequency re-use). One of the challenges with the application of a predictive path loss model for any environment other than the one it was developed for is the issue of high prediction errors. This is due to their high dependence on environmental complexity and terrain. In this paper, we investigated the error bounds of eight empirical path loss models to evaluate their reliability of predicting path losses on the UHF band in Ekiti State, South West Nigeria. Measurement of the signal strength for the UHF channel 41 (631.25MHz), Television Broadcasting Station at Ado-Ekiti, was carried out via major routes spanning through the Urban and Suburban areas of the State, using the station as reference. The signal strength values were converted to path losses and compared with predictions of eight selected models. The prediction error, relative error, root mean square error (RMSE), spread corrected mean square error (SC-RMSE), skewness and the normalized error probability density function metrics was calculated to determine the error bound which was used to validate the best predictive model for the routes under consideration. The results of this investigation show that no single model gives an accurate prediction consistently based on the evaluating metrics. However, the Electronic Communication Committee (ECC) 33 model provides better values for the overall metrics considered with RMSE values of 8.48 dB and 9.62 dB (between it and measured values) for Ekiti Suburban and Urban routes respectively. Therefore, optimizing ECC 33 model will bring the RMSE values to the standard acceptable range for both sub - urban and urban routes. The significance of this finding is that ECC 33 model has the least prediction error compared to other selected models and by extension the closest value to the measured values. This validates it to be suitable for the prediction of path losses on the UHF band over the study area.
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Akinsanmi Akinbolati, Olufemi J. Agunbiade, "Assessment of Error Bounds for Path Loss Prediction Models for TV White Space Usage in Ekiti State, Nigeria", International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business(IJIEEB), Vol.12, No.3, pp. 28-39, 2020. DOI:10.5815/ijieeb.2020.03.04
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