Analysis of Path Loss Models at 3.3Ghz to Determine Efficient Handover in Wimax
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International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) ISSN: 2278-0181 Vol. 3 Issue 7, July - 2014 Analysis of Path Loss Models at 3.3GHz to Determine Efficient Handover in Wimax Sonia Sharma Sunita Parashar M. Tech Scholar, Department of Computer Science & Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering Engineering H.C.T.M, Kaithal, Haryana, India H.C.T.M, Kaithal, Haryana, India ABSTRACT - Wimax stands for Worldwide Interoperability for signal reduces due to interaction between electromagnetic Microwave Access and operate in 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, 3.3GHz, waves and environment. Path loss models uses set of 3.5GHz (licensed) and 5.8GHz (unlicensed) frequency bands. mathematical equations and algorithms for prediction of path Path loss models can be used to find Received Signal Strength loss values. Such models are categorized into three categories (RSS) which is an important factor in deciding handover. If RSS i.e. deterministic (uses physical law leading propagation of is less than a particular threshold value then handover decision is to be taken. For our analysis we have taken Free space waves), Empirical (based on measurements and observations) Propagation, ECC-33, COST 231 Hata, COST 231 W-I and SUI and stochastic (uses series of random variables) models. In models compared w.r.t. different environment (high density, our study we use only empirical models which are described medium density and low density) and different height of as follow. receiving antenna (2m, 6m, and 10m). Then RSS value are calculated in three environment and comparing RSS with A.) Free-space path loss model particular threshold we determine which of these models is This model is used for finding path loss when there is suitable for avoiding number of handover. line-of-sight between transmitter and receiver. Equation for finding path loss is given [1] by: Keywords: ECC-33, SUI, COST 231 Hata, COST 231 W-I, RSS, Handover PL(dB) 20log 10(d) 20log 10( f ) 32.45 (1) I. INTRODUCTION Where, f is frequency of signal in MHz, d Is distance One of important feature of wimax is to provide support from transmitter in km. for mobility and handover is one of important factorIJERT inIJERT B.) COST 231 Hata model mobility support. So it is required that handover process in COST 231 Hata model is introduced as an extension of wimax be efficient. Number of handover depends on the size Hata model. This model cannot be used for measurement on of the cell if size of cell is small then number of handover 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz, but correction factors are taken to will increase which in turn increase load on network and predict the path loss in this higher frequency range. The basic handover delay. RSS is very useful in deciding for handover, path loss equation [1] for this COST-231 Hata Model can be received signal strength can be calculated using path loss expressed as: values for different propagation models. Path loss is reduction in signal strength when it is transmitted in from of PL(dB) 46.3 33.9log 10( f ) 13.82log 10(hb) electromagnetic waves between transmitter and receiver and measured in decibel (dB). In this paper our aim is to compare ahm (44.9 6.55(hb))log 10(d) cm (2) free space path loss, ECC-33, COST 231 Hata, COST 231 Where, d is distance between transmitter and receiver in W-I and SUI model in different environment and with (km), f is signal frequency (MHz), hb is height of different receiver antenna height, determining model with minimum path loss in each environment, calculating RSS transmitter antenna (m), cm is correction factor its value is from path loss values, finding model with RSS greater than a 0dB for suburban and rural area and 3dB for urban area. ahm threshold value such model can be adopted to minimize For urban area is given as: number of handover (frequent handover). ahm 3.20(log 102(11.75hr)) 4.79 (3) Section 2 gives a brief introduction of path loss models that for, f 400MHz we have taken for our study. Section 3 gives our simulated results and analysis (using MATLAB). Conclusions are ahm For suburban and rural area is given as: drawn in section 4. ahm (1.11log 10( f ) 0.7)hr (1.5log 10( f ) 0.8) II. PATH LOSS MODELS (4) Electromagnetic waves are used for transmitting Where, hr is height of receiver antenna in m. information between transmitter and receiver. Strength of IJERTV3IS070080 www.ijert.org 45 International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) ISSN: 2278-0181 Vol. 3 Issue 7, July - 2014 C.) COST 231 W-I Model PL(dB) A 10 log 10(d / d 0) Xf Xh S for, d d0 (15) This is COST 231 Walfisch-Ikegami model and used as an extension of COST Hata model. It is used for frequencies Where, d is distance between transmitter and receiver in that are above 2000MHz. path loss in case of LOS condition km, Xf is correction factor for frequencies above 2GHz, Xr between transmitter and receiver is given by [1]: is correction factor for receiving antenna height in meter, S is correction factor for shadowing, its value in urban is 10.6, 9.6 PL(dB) 42.64 26log 10(d) 20log 10( f ) (5) in suburban and 8.2 in rural area. In case of NLOS condition path loss is: A 20log 10(4d 0 / ) (16) PL(dB) L0 LRTS Lmsd (6) Where, is wavelength in meter and d 0 is reference Where, L0 is attenuation in free space and given as: distance of 100 meter. Path loss exponent is given by: 0 10 10 L 32.45 20log (d) 20log ( f ) (7) a bhb (c / hb) (17) RTS is rooftop to street diffraction. L Here hb is height of transmitter antenna in meter. a, b, c are LRTS 16.9 10log 10(w) 10log 10( f ) constants. Value of constants a, b and c is given in table 1 for different terrain 20log 10(Hm) Lori (8) Hm hroof hb and Lori is given as follow: Table 1: Parameter of SUI model [3] Lori 10 0.345 for 0 35 2.5 0.075( 35) for 35 55 Parameter A B C a 4.6 4.0 3.6 4 0.114( 55) for 55 90 b 0.0075 0.0065 0.005 (9) c 12.6 17.1 20 Lmsd is multi screen diffraction loss. Frequency correction factor and correction factor for receiver Lmsd lbsh ka kd log 10(d) kf log 10( f ) antenna height are given by: Xf 6.0log 10( f / 2000) (18) 9log 10( f ) 9log 10(B) for Lmsd 0 Xh 10.8log 10(hr / 2000) for type A and B 0 for Lmsd 0 (10) Xh 20.0log 10(hr / 2000) for type C (19) lbsh 18log 10(1 hb) for hb hroof Where, f is frequency in MHz and hr is receiver antenna 0 hb hroof (11) IJERTheight in meter. IJERT E.) ECC-33 Model ka 54 0.8hb , for hb hroof and International Telecommunication Union extended Hata- d 0.5km Okumura model up to 3.5GHz. Such extended model is known as ECC-33 model i.e. Electronic Communication 54 0.8hb(dist / 0.5), for hb hroof and Committee. In such model path loss is given by equation [4]: d 0.5km (12) PL(dB) Afs Abm Gb Gr (20) kd 18 hb hroof 18 -15(hb/hroof) hb hroof (13) Where, Afs is attenuation in free space in dB, Abm is basic kf 4 0.7( f / 925 1) for suburban areas median path loss in dB, Gb is gain factor for transmitter 4 1,5( f / 925 1) for urban areas (14) antenna height in dBm, Gr is gain factor for receiver antenna where, w is street width in meter and B is building to building height in dBm. These factors are given as follow: distance in meter. Afs 92.4 20 log 10(d) 20 log 10( f ) (21) D.) SUI (Standard University Interim) Model Abm 20.41 9.83log 10(d) 7.894 log 10(f) SUI model is used in frequency band of 2.5GHz to 2.7GHz. But their use on higher frequencies is possible by 9.56( log 10(f))2 (22) introducing correction factors. SUI models are divided into Gb log 10(hb / 200) three types of terrains namely A, B and C. Type A is related with maximum path loss and is also known as urban area. [13.958 5.8(log 10(d))2 (23) Type C is related with minimum path loss and also known as Gr [42.57 13.7 log 10( f )] rural area. Type B is related with suburban area. The basic path loss equation [3] is given by: [log 10(hr) 0.585] (24) IJERTV3IS070080 www.ijert.org 46 International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) ISSN: 2278-0181 Vol. 3 Issue 7, July - 2014 Where, d is distance between transmitter and receiver in km, f is frequency in GHz, hr is receiver antenna height in meter, hb is transmitter antenna height in meter. F.) Received signal Strength (RSS) calculation: This is power of radio signal received from base station. If received signal strength is below a threshold point then handover process is to be initiated to maintain ongoing communication. Equation used to measure RSS from path loss for various model is given as: RSS PT GT GR PL CL (25) Where, RSS is receiver signal strength in dBm, PT is transmitter power in dBm, GR is receiver antenna gain, GT is Fig.