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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2013.24.12.1140

The Study on Empirical Propagation Path Loss in the Airport Cargo Terminal Environment  

Kim, Kyung-Tae (Navaids Group, Incheon International Airport Corp.)
Park, Hyo-Dal (Department of Electronic Engineering, Inha University)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.24, no.12, 2013 , pp. 1140-1147 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, The path loss model of Air Traffic Control(ATC) telecommunication radio channel has been studied at the Incheon International Airport(IIA) Cargo Terminal. We measured one frequency among VHF channel bands. The transmitting site was located at different locations with different heights. The transmitting site radiated the Continuous Wave(CW). The propagation measurement was taken using the moving vehicle equipped with receiver and antenna. The transmitting power, frequency and antenna height are the same as the current operating condition. The path loss exponent and intercept parameters were extracted by the basic path loss model and hata model. The path loss exponent at IIA Cargo terminal area were 3.67 and 3.39 respectively in first and second transmitting sites. The deviation of prediction error is 14.42 and 10.38. The new path loss equation at the IIA Cargo terminal area was also developed using the derived path loss parameters. The new path loss was compared with other models. This result will be helpful for the ATC site selection and service quality evaluation.
Keywords
Path Loss; VHF; Cargo; Empirical Model; Telecommunication;
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