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Radio Propagation Characteristics in Subway Tunnel at 2.65 GHz  

Choi Myung-Sun (Korea Association of Information & Telecommunication)
Kim Do-Youn (Department of Electronical and Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University)
Jo Han-Shin (Department of Electronical and Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University)
Mun Cheol (Department of Electronic Communication Engineering, Chungju National University)
Yook Jong-Gwan (Department of Electronical and Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University)
Park Han-Kyu (Department of Electronical and Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Abstract
The research deals with the prediction and the measurement of electromagnetic wave propagation in rectangular shaped tunnels at f=2.65 GHz. The received power level was measured in the straight and the curved tunnel by using a spectrum analyzer and Satellite DMB mobile phone. Thus we have gotten the data for two cases, the straight and the curved tunnel whose radius is 300m. In addition, the prediction of wave propagation was conducted based on the ray-launching method, in same tunnel where measurement was performed. A good agreement of the measured and the predicted path loss could be confirmed. The measured path loss shows a marked difference in propagation loss: the path-loss exponent, 3.21, and 3.98, for a straight and a curved tunnel, respectively. The reason that path-loss exponent is high in a curved tunnel is that there is no direct wave but only the reflected waves, which attenuates rapidly with distance due to multiple reflections. Also the predicted path loss shows path loss exeponent, 3.2 and 3.95, for a straight and a curved tunnel which are similar to the simulation results.
Keywords
Satellite DMB; 2.65 GHz; Path Loss; Tunnel; Ray-Launching Method;
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