Research Article

Ray Tracing RF Field Prediction: An Unforgiving Validation

Table 2

Performance indicators for the 18 sites.

ID scenarioShort description Number of RxsMean error (dB)Error std. dev. (dB)RMS error (dB)

A00002E5MC-UHR5634.7013.0014.00
A0000415MC-UHR1448−2.747.728.20
A00005BASC-ULR8252.5511.9012.20
A0000A49SC-ULR/UMR13760.869.269.30
A0000DEFSC-UMR1044−4.47.88.9
A0000F89MC-UMR1238−3.009.5410.00
A0000F8DSC-ULR/UMR923−0.779.759.78
A0001137SC-UMR21261.468.478.60
A0001139SC-UMR1867−2.648.909.30
A000127CSC-UMR14560.067.777.77
A00013B7SC-UMR1037−5.137.609.17
A0001623MC-UHR1465−2.708.719.12
A0001632SC-UMR5323.8011.3012.00
A0001983MC-UMR1170−2.008.288.53
A0001ABBMC-UMR11551.379.719.80
A0002FFCSC-UMR31391.307.357.47
A0003273MC-UHR2271−9.409.8813.70
A00034F4MC-UHR3074−5.2011.5912.70

Categories of sites and environment: small cell (SC)/macrocell (MC); urban low rise (ULR)/urban medium rise (UMR)/urban high rise (UHR).