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T. Berisha, G. Artner, B. Krasniqi, B. Duriqi, M. Mucaj, S. Berisha, P. Svoboda, C. Mecklenbräuker:
"Measurement and Analysis of LTE Coverage for Vehicular Use Cases in Live Networks";
Talk: 2017 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), Verona, Italy (invited); 09-11-2017 - 09-15-2017; in: "Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC)", IEEE Xplore, (2017), 260 - 263.

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 e ects.
To provide reliable in-vehicle coverage, it is necessary to determine the penetration loss. In this paper, we present the rst results and show that the
penetration loss varies by up to 10.58 dB.

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 e ects.
To provide reliable in-vehicle coverage, it is necessary to determine the penetration loss. In this paper, we present the rst results and show that the
penetration loss varies by up to 10.58 dB.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APWC.2017.8062296

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8062296