MEASUREMENT OF EMF EXPOSURE AROUND SMALL CELL BASE STATION SITES

Abstract

As mobile network technologies and usage change, mobile network cells have become smaller to meet the increased demand for data throughput. Small cell base stations are frequently used as a mobile network deployment method and are predominantly installed to service areas with a high density of people and to cover a small geographical area. Various measurement programs of the electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure have been conducted around base stations in general and these results have been published. There is, however, little data available on the EMF exposure levels around small cells. A measurement program was conducted to perform EMF exposure measurements around small cell base station sites. Results are compared to the relevant safety guidelines and to available data for EMF exposure around base stations in general.