Introduction
RF-Map Software
Telstra has developed a specialised electromagnetic energy (EME) software tool through its Research and Development (R&D) program and this prediction tool is now available commercially.
Public interest in the potential health issues relating to mobile phone base stations has highlighted the importance of having accessible and easy to understand information on EME emission levels. Performing the complex mathematical calculations to predict these levels requires significant expertise and is usually time consuming and relatively costly.
Telstra's software tool, RF-Map™ is useful tool for network carriers, regulators, local councils, EME and planning consultants to independently assess the maximum impact mobile network base stations.
Download a copy of the “Comparison of measured and calculated RF fields around base stations using RF-Map” presented at the World Health Organization Regional Workshop in November 2005. Workshop presentation
Download a copy of the RadHaz Consulting Report (32723 – Feb 2013) comparing the measured and calculated RF Fields around a large Radio Tower at Shepparton in Country Victoria using RF-Map. This comparison report includes locations at the base of a large Radio Tower, off boresight and nearby buildings in cluttered radio environments. RF EME measurement prediction comparison report
A PhD thesis completed in 2013 by Phillip Knipe from Murdoch University in Western Australia includes a comparison of RF-Map modelled RF field levels to the measured RF field levels. The comparison investigated boresight and off boresight assessments for single and multipath propagation scenarios at a sports oval where there were multiple base stations. A copy of the thesis can be downloaded from the following link Measurement and simulation of radiofrequency emissions from telecommunications transmitters