Near ground propagation model for pine tree forest environment

Kurnaz O., HELHEL S.

AEU-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS, cilt.68, sa.10, ss.944-950, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 68 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.aeue.2014.04.019
  • Dergi Adı: AEU-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.944-950
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Free space path loss, Near ground plane earth model, Radio propagation, Trunk height gain, Radio propagation terrain factors, PATH LOSS
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A propagation model experimentally derived from both free space and near ground plane earth path loss models for pine tree forest with foliage depth lower than 400 m has been proposed. It is a piecewise model taking foliage depth of 200 m as a boundary. The model is compared with several well-known models, namely Weissberger, ITU-R and COST235. Different from other models, the proposed one takes into account trunk height gain k. Observed average error is about 6 dB for proposed model whereas it is about 32 dB, 16 dB and 20 dB for COST235, Weissberger and ITU-R models, respectively. Also, it is observed that COST235 estimates the highest path loss among the models and it has the highest absolute errors especially in a forest with low foliage density. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.