@Article{dbt_mods_00064977, author = {Kopacz, Thomas and Schiessl, Sascha and Bornkessel, Christian and Hein, Matthias and Heberling, Dirk and {BioEM 2018 -- the joint annual meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society and the European BioElectromagnetics Association ; (Piran, Slovenia) : 2018.06.25-29}}, title = {RF exposure in the vicinity of small-cell base stations}, journal = {joint annual meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society and the European BioElectromagnetics Association The: Piran, Slovenia, 25-29 June 2018}, year = {2025}, month = {Mar}, day = {06}, abstract = {In the course of the evolution of mobile radio networks and the increasing high-capacity needs, operators have started to deploy small-cell base stations. To account for possible concerns about the RF exposure, we investigate the exposure for two types of small-cell base stations embedded into street furniture: 1. A phone box (PB) and 2. a service-area interface (SAI). We have found that in public areas the highest exposure amounts to 17.9 {\%} of the electrical field reference level ({\%}E) for the PB and 53.0 {\%}E for the SAI. Downlink exposure and uplink transmit power have been assessed for typical and worst-case user scenarios in the vicinity of the SAI proving that higher downlink field strength leads to lower uplink transmit power values.}, note = {This publication was produced within the framework of the event.}, doi = {10.22032/dbt.64977}, url = {https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00064977}, url = {https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.64977}, file = {:https://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbt_derivate_00067057/ilm1-202520005.pdf:PDF}, language = {en} }