Population exposure and radiofrequency coverage of GSM and UMTS mobile phone networks

René de Seze (1) , François Gaudaire , Patrice Cagnon (1) , György Thuróczy (1) , Brahim Selmaoui (1) , Paul Mazet (2) , Samuel Mauger (1) , Jean-Benoît Agnani

1 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques
2 Centre technique des industries mécaniques

This study aimed to perform an analysis of people's exposure and mobile phone coverage on a defined area ; to look how it can be extrapolated to model exposure decrease when lowering the power of nearby base stations ; to check this exposure decrease by measurements. Six configurations were defined: rural in plain or in mountain, suburbs, modern dense city, old dense city, high density business district. 17 communes were selected for this experiment, representing those six environments.

Keywords: CHAMPS ELECTROMAGNETIQUES; RADIOFREQUENCES; EXPOSITION; MESURE; MODELISATION NUMERIQUE; ANTENNES; TELEPHONIE MOBILE<br />---<br />MOBILE PHONE; EXPOSURE; MODELING; POWER; BASE STATIONS ANTENNAS

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Toxicology; Environmental Sciences

René de Seze, François Gaudaire, Patrice Cagnon, György Thuróczy, Brahim Selmaoui, et al.. Population exposure and radiofrequency coverage of GSM and UMTS mobile phone networks. 34. Annual Conference of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS), Jun 2012, Brisbane, Australia. ⟨ineris-00970996⟩