ETSI EG 200 053 V1.4.1 (2002-06) ETSI Guide Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Radio site engineering for radio equipment and systems 2 ETSI EG 200 053 V1.4.1 (2002-06) Reference REG/ERM-TG27-003 Keywords mobile, radio, site engineering ETSI 650 Route des Lucioles F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00 Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16 Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° 7803/88 Important notice Individual copies of the present document can be downloaded from: http://www.etsi.org The present document may be made available in more than one electronic version or in print. In any case of existing or perceived difference in contents between such versions, the reference version is the Portable Document Format (PDF). In case of dispute, the reference shall be the printing on ETSI printers of the PDF version kept on a specific network drive within ETSI Secretariat. 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ETSI 3 ETSI EG 200 053 V1.4.1 (2002-06) Contents Intellectual Property Rights................................................................................................................................9 Foreword.............................................................................................................................................................9 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................9 1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................11 2 References ..............................................................................................................................................11 3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations .................................................................................................12 3.1 Definitions........................................................................................................................................................12 3.2 Symbols............................................................................................................................................................13 3.3 Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................................13 4 Choice of site..........................................................................................................................................15 4.1 General .............................................................................................................................................................15 4.2 Radio site selection criteria ..............................................................................................................................15 4.2.1 Location chosen by propagation analysis ...................................................................................................16 4.2.2 Availability of capacity on existing sites ....................................................................................................16 4.2.3 Compatibility ..............................................................................................................................................16 4.2.4 Environmental and planning considerations ...............................................................................................17 5 System requirements ..............................................................................................................................17 5.1 Private Mobile Radio (PMR)............................................................................................................................17 5.1.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................17 5.1.2 Analogue PMR systems..............................................................................................................................18 5.1.2.1 Public Access Mobile Radio .................................................................................................................18 5.1.3 Digital PMR systems ..................................................................................................................................19 5.1.3.1 TETRA..................................................................................................................................................20 5.1.3.2 Other Commercial Systems...................................................................................................................20 5.1.3.3 Frequency planning - direct mode.........................................................................................................21 5.1.3.4 Introduction of Trunked Radio Base stations onto Existing Radio Sites ..............................................21 5.1.4 Potential sources of interference.................................................................................................................21 5.2 Paging...............................................................................................................................................................21 5.2.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................21 5.2.2 On-site radio paging system........................................................................................................................21 5.2.3 Wide area paging systems...........................................................................................................................21 5.2.4 Signalling systems ......................................................................................................................................22 5.2.5 Coverage in confined spaces.......................................................................................................................22 5.3 Public radiotelephone.......................................................................................................................................22 5.3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................22 5.3.2 Public radiotelephone (analogue) ...............................................................................................................23 5.3.2.1 Frequency re-use ...................................................................................................................................23 5.3.2.2 Hand-over..............................................................................................................................................23 5.3.3 Public radiotelephone (digital) - GSM/DCS 1 800.....................................................................................23 5.3.3.1 Databases ..............................................................................................................................................23 5.3.3.2 Radio.....................................................................................................................................................24 5.3.3.3 Traffic and signalling channel...............................................................................................................24 5.3.4 Use of repeaters ..........................................................................................................................................25 5.4 Confined space engineering .............................................................................................................................25 5.4.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................25 5.4.2 Characteristics of radiating cable................................................................................................................25 5.4.3 Confined space radiocommunication systems ............................................................................................25 5.4.3.1 Antenna characteristics .........................................................................................................................26 5.4.3.2 Recommendations for frequency range 150 kHz to 1 000 MHz...........................................................26