Krige Method Application for the Coverage Analysis of a Node-B in a WCDMA Network

Jazmín Ponce-Rojas; Sergio Vidal-Beltrán; José Luis López-Bonilla; Montserrat Jimenez-Licea

doi:10.4236/ijcns.2011.43022

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Krige Method Application for the Coverage Analysis of a Node-B in a WCDMA Network ()

Jazmín Ponce-Rojas, Sergio Vidal-Beltrán, José Luis López-Bonilla, Montserrat Jimenez-Licea

DOI: 10.4236/ijcns.2011.43022 PDF HTML 4,339 Downloads 7,744 Views Citations

Abstract

This paper shows the procedure and application of the Krige Method (or Kriging) for the analysis of the power level radiated by a Base Station (also called Node B), through a group of samples of this power level, measured at different positions and distances. These samples were obtained using an spectrum analyzer, which will allow to have georeferenced measurements, to implement the interpolation process and generate coverage maps, making possible to know the power level distribution and therefore understand the behavior and performance of the Node B.

Keywords

Interpolation, Krige, Node B, WCDMA

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J. Ponce-Rojas, S. Vidal-Beltrán, J. López-Bonilla and M. Jimenez-Licea, "Krige Method Application for the Coverage Analysis of a Node-B in a WCDMA Network," International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences, Vol. 4 No. 3, 2011, pp. 180-188. doi: 10.4236/ijcns.2011.43022.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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