Measurement and analysis of LTE coverage for vehicular use cases in live networks

We conducted drive test measurements in a live LTE 1800 MHz network to evaluate mobile network performance of User Equipments (UEs) located inside and outside a pickup truck. The measurement campaign is performed in Kosovo, starting from Prishtina to the south-western Albanian border. Knowledge of base station locations and cell load during the measurements is made available from the service provider. This is crucial to determine whether the bit rate is limited by network availability, cell load, or propagation effects. To provide reliable in-vehicle coverage, it is necessary to determine the penetration loss. In this paper, we present the first results and show that the penetration loss varies by up to 10.58 dB.