ABSTRACT
This work centers on parametised investigation of the field strength fading characteristics of microcellular wireless LTE channels operating in typical urban terrains. Due to the blockades between the transmitting NodeBs and the mobile station receiver, the fading characteristics of LTE channel are highly stochastic with respect to time or transmitting distance and possesses their own distinctive property. To robustly investigate the field strength fading characteristics, detail drive test measurement has been conducted in five different site locations in waterline area of Port Harcourt City Nigerian at 2.6GHz. From the measured field data, the parametised amplitude of the measured field data is estimated by using the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) based on different probability distribution functions. The results of the parametised MLE estimate for the acquired field data has been shown, analyzed and reported for each studied location. It is supposed that results of this research this work would serve as a first-hand information for effective communication system design and deployment of future cellular broadband mobile network
in similar radio signal propagation terrains.
KEYWORDS: Fading, Channel, Field strength, Maximum likelihood estimate, Probability distribution function, Broadband networks