Joint Antenna and Propagation Model Parameter Estimation Using RSS Measurements

2015-07-06
Kasebzadeh, Parinaz
Fritsche, Carsten
Özkan, Emre
Gunnarsson, Fredrik
Gustafsson, Fredrik
In this paper, a semi-parametric model for RSS measurements is introduced that can be used to predict coverage in cellular radio networks. The model is composed of an empirical log-distance model and a deterministic antenna gain model that accounts for possible non-uniform base station antenna radiation. A least-squares estimator is proposed to jointly estimate the path loss and antenna gain model parameters. Simulation as well as experimental results verify the efficacy of this approach. The method can provide improved accuracy compared to conventional path loss based estimation methods.
18th International Conference on Information Fusion

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Citation Formats
P. Kasebzadeh, C. Fritsche, E. Özkan, F. Gunnarsson, and F. Gustafsson, “Joint Antenna and Propagation Model Parameter Estimation Using RSS Measurements,” presented at the 18th International Conference on Information Fusion, Washington; United States; 6 - 9 July 2015, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/70760.