- Longley–Rice model
The Longley–Rice (LR)
radio propagation model is a method for predicting median path loss for atelecommunication link in thefrequency range of 20MHz to 20GHz .LR is also known as
irregular terrain model (ITM). It was created for the needs of frequency planning in TVbroadcasting inUSA in 1960s and was extensively used for preparing the tables of channel allocations forVHF /UHF public broadcasting in USA. LR has two parts: a model for predictions over an area and a model forpoint-to-point link predictions.Publications
A description of the method was published by the US government under the title "Prediction of Tropospheric radio transmission over irregular terrain, A Computer method-1968.", A. G. Longley and P. L. Rice, ESSA Tech. Rep. ERL 79-ITS 67, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, July 1968. This document followed on an earlier publication titled "Transmission loss predictions for tropospheric communication circuits", P.L. Rice, Volume I & II, National Bureau of Standards, Tech. Note 101.
External links
Further information on Longley-Rice model, including a full description of the
algorithm andsource-code examples can be found on the website of [http://flattop.its.bldrdoc.gov/itm.html U.S. Department of Commerce NTIA/ITS, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences] .
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