2016/10/18 by Xiaohu Ge, Ge, Xiaohu, Yehong Qiu +17
Computer Science · Engineering · #Advanced Data Compression Techniques #Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Wireless Communication Networks Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1610.05431
openalex publication_date 2016/10/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
With the seamless coverage of wireless cellular networks in modern society, it is interesting to consider the shape of wireless cellular coverage. Is the shape a regular hexagon, an irregular polygon, or another complex geometrical shape? Based on fractal theory, the statistical characteristic of the wireless cellular coverage boundary is determined by the measured wireless cellular data collected from Shanghai, China. The measured results indicate that the wireless cellular coverage boundary presents an extremely irregular geometrical shape, which is also called a statistical fractal shape. Moreover, the statistical fractal characteristics of the wireless cellular coverage boundary have been validated by values of the Hurst parameter estimated in angular scales. The statistical fractal characteristics of the wireless cellular coverage boundary can be used to evaluate and design the handoff scheme of mobile user terminals in wireless cellular networks.