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Mobile and Terrestrial Propagation TG. Formed in Oct 96 by merging two TWPs: Mobile Radio Diffraction, Scatter and other Terrain Effects Membership 61 representatives from 36 organisations good industry/academia/government balance. TG Meetings. 4 meetings a year average attendance: 23
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Mobile and Terrestrial Propagation TG • Formed in Oct 96 by merging two TWPs: • Mobile Radio • Diffraction, Scatter and other Terrain Effects • Membership • 61 representatives from 36 organisations • good industry/academia/government balance
TG Meetings • 4 meetings a year • average attendance: 23 • Meeting framework • Progress reports from members • Liaison with related groups • Regular technical presentations • by members and invited speakers • Special issues
Mobile and Terrestrial TGTerms of Reference • Open to organisations who support the interchange of pre-competitive results • Covers the fields of mobile and terrestrial radiowave propagation mechanisms, particularly diffraction and scatter • Topics include • area coverage, macro-, micro-, pico-cell and indoor • effects of ground cover (inc. vegetation) • wideband channel characterisation • system- and antenna-related issues • terrain, ground-cover and measurements databases
Previous Special Issues • Collation and maintenance of measurements results database • CD-ROM containing 50,000 measurement results and path profiles available to members • Terrain and 3D building databases • TG developed a common specification for 3D street-level building databases for data suppliers and users
This Year’s Special Issues • Two working parties of the Mobile and Terrestrial TG reported on requirements for propagation data and model development: • BFWA (Mike Willis) • 3G (Simon Saunders/Sana Salous) • Report on “Strategic research requirements for Broadband Fixed Wireless Access” sent to RRAC • Project proposal on “Benchmarks for high-resolution mobile radio wave propagation models” submitted to RA for possible funding • rejected (too near market, too general)
Future • TG regarded as a good forum for exchange of ideas and collaborative opportunities between researchers • open to all • wide range of propagation interests • Proposal to find new focus by replacing TG by new TGs on Mobile and FWA • membership evenly split on status quo or new TGs • New chairperson to be appointed • Are new ToR required? Concentrate on • topics of interest to members / topics of interest to RA ? • enabling research