LTE Area Coverage Probability for All MCS Weighted and Multi-EnodeB Averaged Cell Range in Urban Area

A cellphone with TEMS Pocket software (referred to as user equipment) was employed to measure 4G Internet signals in May 2017. Key performance indicators of packet-switched transmission between the user equipment and 4G EnodeB base stations were used to calculate the cell range and area coverage probability of an LTE network. The measurement was performed at Oriental Institute of Technology, a university located in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, in Northern Taiwan. The measurements were collected in a 1.3 × 1 km area (south-north by east-west) in densely populated urban areas of Banqiao District. A total of 26 EnodeB base stations were involved; among them, 18 supported the 700 MHz band, 19 supported the 1800 MHz band, and 21 supported the 2600 MHz band. The results of data analysis determined that, when signal data from multiple EnodeB base stations were averaged and receiver sensitivity was -105dBm, the mean all-modulated and coding scheme weighted cell range was 0.27436km and the area coverage probability was 59.07% at 700 MHz; the mean range was 0.2812 km and the area coverage probability was 48.79% at 1800 MHz; the mean range was 0.3175 km and the area coverage probability was 41.63% at 2600 MHz.