Measurements of Deterministic Propagation Models Through Field Assessments for Long-Term Evaluation

In wireless network planning, a propagation path loss model is an important tool that enables network planners to optimize the distribution of the cell towers, and ensure that service levels are met as predicted. Upon comparison of different deterministic propagation models, the results show that the Lognormal shadowing path loss model showed the closest agreement with a minimum error of base station-1 situated at officer colony no.1 and base station-2 situated at malikpur respectively on the calculated path loss. It is noted that the proposed lognormal shadowing path loss model leads to an improvement and reduces the minimum error of base station-1 situated at officer colony no.1 in its agreement with measurement data.