Effects of Climatic Change On Gsm Signal in Lagos Metropolitan Terrain

Abstract

non-urban (rural), suburban, urban, Exurban, dense-urban, micro-urban and peri-urban Contribution/ OriginalityThis study reveals how climate change affects the signal propagation of radio waves in two different seasons. It also explores some of the areas that were not considered such as suburban, peri-urban areas by other authors. This paper primary contribution is in the determination of unavailability of rain outage from the metropolitan areas. This research study therefore shows that climate affects signal propagation depending on climatic parameters (rain and harmattan), frequency of transmission and ITU regions of propagation (which justifies the size of rain and harmattan intensity) in Nigeria.

Radio Refractivity Impact on Signal Strength of Mobile Communication

“…Te parameters that infuence the weather of a place are atmospheric temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, and wind [16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Te variations of the quartet weather parameters mentioned above afect the properties of the atmosphere as a communication channel and invariable the propagation of radio waves [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. One of the important properties of the atmosphere that varies with changes in the weather is its density [36][37][38].…”