CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
Annex 1
1���� Introduction
2���� Model elements of the propagation prediction method
3���� Input parameters
������� 3.1���� Basic input data
������� 3.2���� Terrain profile
������� 3.3���� Radio-climatic zones
������� 3.4���� Terminal distances from the coast
������� 3.5���� Basic radio-meteorological parameters
������� 3.6���� Incidence of ducting
������� 3.7���� Effective Earth radius
������� 3.8���� Parameters derived from the path profile analysis
4���� The prediction procedure
������� 4.1���� General
������� 4.2���� Line-of-sight propagation (including short-term effects)
������� 4.3���� Propagation by diffraction
��������� ��������4.3.1���� The Bullington part of the diffraction calculation
����������������� 4.3.2���� Spherical-Earth diffraction loss
����������������� 4.3.3���� First-term part of spherical-Earth diffraction loss
����������������� 4.3.4���� Complete �delta-Bullington� diffraction loss model
����������������� 4.3.5���� The diffraction loss not exceeded for p% of the time
������� 4.4���� Propagation by tropospheric scatter
������� 4.5���� Propagation by ducting/layer reflection
������� 4.6���� Basic transmission loss not exceeded for p% time and 50% locations ignoring the effects of terminal clutter
������� 4.7���� Additional losses due to terminal surroundings
������� 4.8���� Location variability of losses
������� 4.9���� Building entry loss
����� �4.10���� Basic transmission loss not exceeded for p% time and pL% locations
������ 4.11���� The field strength exceeded for p% time and pL% locations
Attachment 1 to Annex 1� Path profile analysis
1���� Introduction
2���� Construction of path profile
3���� Path length
4���� Path classification
5���� Derivation of parameters from the path profile
������� 5.1���� Transmitting antenna horizon elevation angle above the local horizontal, θt
������� 5.2���� Transmitting antenna horizon distance, dlt
������� 5.3���� Receiving antenna horizon elevation angle above the local horizontal, θr
������� 5.4���� Receiving antenna horizon distance, dlr
������� 5.5���� Angular distance θ (mrad)
������� 5.6���� �Smooth-Earth� model and effective antenna heights
����������������� 5.6.1���� Deriving the smooth-Earth surface
����������������� 5.6.2���� Smooth-surface heights for the diffraction model
Attachment 2 to Annex 1� An approximation to the inverse complementary cumulative� normal distribution function
Attachment 3 to Annex 1� Criteria for ground reflection and calculation of first reflection maximum
Attachment 4� to Annex 1� An alternative method to calculate the spherical earth diffraction loss Lbulls