IMPROVING THE SIGNAL RECEPTION OF 4G NETWORK IN KOGI STATE USING AN INTELLIGENT BEAM FORMING ALGORITHM

Subject Area: COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

This study presents improving the signal reception in 4G network using an intelligent beam forming algorithm. The study was embarked on to address the limited signal strength issues recorded in many localities all over the world due to technical challenges attitude to 4G network like congestion, overload, fading, loss etc. To solve this, characterization was performed at the Omala 4G cell and the result showed that areas which are 150m away from the cell suffer poor signal strength. To solve this problem, beam forming algorithm was developed and deployed on the 4G cell using Matlab. The result when simulated showed that the quality of service was improved from -102dBm averagely in the characterized to -90dBm which is an 11.7% improvement in service quality and presented good signal strength according to the Nigerian Communication Commission Standard (NCC) for 4G network. Keywords: Beam forming, signal reception, quality of service, 4G cell, Matlab