Outage Probability and Cell Coverage

To evaluate the impact of key system parameters on the probability of coverage and outage in a wireless communication system, please follow the following steps:

1. Enter the input values Total transmit power (Pt), Minimum power threshold (Pmin), Environment type, and Carrier frequency (fc).

2. Select mode to choose the type of obstacle.

3. Click on any place on the grid to place an obstacle.

4. Observe the following results by moving the cursor on the grid:

   • If the recieved power is below the threshold, the cell is in outage.
   • Increasing transmit power $(P_t)$ raises the received signal level, thereby reducing outage probability and improving coverage area.
   • Increasing distance from the transmitter increases pathloss, which reduces received power and shrinks the coverage region.
   • Stronger shadowing or denser obstacles introduce larger signal variations, which can increase outage probability even within the nominal coverage distance.

5. Repeat the experiment for different values of input parameters to systematically analyze how transmit power, carrier frequency, environment type, and shadowing jointly influence outage probability and achievable coverage.