Coverage Estimation in Outdoor Heterogeneous Propagation Environments
This paper is on a coverage estimation procedure for the deployment of outdoor Internet of Things (IoT). In the first part of the paper, a data-driven coverage estimation technique is proposed. The estimation technique combines multiple machine-learning-based regression ideas. The proposed technique...
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Published in | IEEE access Vol. 8; pp. 31660 - 31673 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Piscataway
IEEE
2020
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
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Summary: | This paper is on a coverage estimation procedure for the deployment of outdoor Internet of Things (IoT). In the first part of the paper, a data-driven coverage estimation technique is proposed. The estimation technique combines multiple machine-learning-based regression ideas. The proposed technique achieves two purposes. The first purpose is to reduce the bias in the estimated received signal strength arising from estimations performed only on the successfully received packets. The second purpose is to exploit commonality of physical parameters, e.g. antenna-gain, in measurements that are made across multiple propagation environments. It also provides the correct link function for performing a nonlinear regression in our communication systems context. In the second part of the paper, a method to use readily available geographic information system (GIS) data (for classifying geographic areas into various propagation environments) followed by an algorithm for estimating received signal strength (which is motivated by the first part of the paper) is proposed. Together they enable quick and automated estimation of coverage in outdoor environments. It is anticipated that these will lead to faster and more efficient deployment of outdoor Internet of Things. |
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ISSN: | 2169-3536 2169-3536 |
DOI: | 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2972811 |