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IEC TR 62669 ®
Edition 2.0 2019-04
TECHNICAL
REPORT
colour
inside
Case studies supporting IEC 62232 – Determination of RF field strength, power

density and SAR in the vicinity of radiocommunication base stations for the

purpose of evaluating human exposure

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 10
INTRODUCTION . 12
1 Scope . 13
2 Normative references . 13
3 Terms and definitions . 13
4 Symbols and abbreviations . 17
4.1 Physical quantities . 17
4.2 Constants . 17
4.3 Abbreviated terms . 17
5 Overview of case studies . 18
6 Indoor small cell product compliance assessment using SAR measurements . 20
6.1 General description . 20
6.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 20
6.2.1 Evaluation process . 20
6.2.2 Methodology . 21
6.2.3 Reporting . 22
6.3 Technical outcome . 22
6.4 Lessons learned . 22
7 Outdoor small cell product compliance assessment using SAR measurements . 23
7.1 General description . 23
7.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 23
7.2.1 Evaluation process . 23
7.2.2 Methodology . 24
7.2.3 Reporting . 24
7.3 Technical outcome . 24
7.4 Lessons learned . 24
8 Small cell product installation compliance assessment using simplified installation
criteria . 24
8.1 General description . 24
8.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 25
8.2.1 Evaluation process . 25
8.2.2 Methodology . 26
8.2.3 Reporting . 26
8.3 Technical outcome . 26
8.4 Lessons learned . 27
9 Small cell site in-situ measurements . 27
9.1 General description . 27
9.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 for measurement Campaign A . 27
9.2.1 Evaluation process . 27
9.2.2 Methodology . 28
9.2.3 Reporting . 29
9.3 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 for measurement Campaign B . 29
9.3.1 General description . 29
9.3.2 Case B (comprehensive exposure evaluation) . 30
9.3.3 Reporting . 31
9.4 Lessons learned . 31

10 Street cell product compliance assessment using SAR measurements and power
density spatial averaging . 31
10.1 General description . 31
10.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 32
10.2.1 Evaluation process . 32
10.2.2 Methodology . 32
10.2.3 Reporting . 33
10.3 Technical outcome . 33
10.4 Validation study . 33
10.4.1 Validation process . 33
10.4.2 Comparison of spatial average field strength and whole-body SAR
results . 34
10.5 Lessons learned . 34
11 Macro site in-situ measurements . 34
11.1 General description . 34
11.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 35
11.2.1 Evaluation process . 35
11.2.2 Methodology . 36
11.2.3 Reporting . 36
11.3 Technical outcome . 36
11.4 Lessons learned . 36
12 Macro site in-situ measurements using drones . 36
12.1 General description . 36
12.2 Implementation . 37
12.2.1 Evaluation system . 37
12.2.2 Evaluation process and methodology . 38
12.2.3 Reporting . 38
12.3 Technical outcome . 38
12.4 Lessons learned . 39
13 RF exposure assessment based on actual maximum transmitted power or EIRP . 39
13.1 General guidelines . 39
13.1.1 Technical background and rationale . 39
13.1.2 Guiding principles for conducting RF exposure assessment based on

the actual maximum approach . 42
13.1.3 EIRP evaluation assumptions . 42
13.1.4 Technology duty cycle factor assumptions . 43
13.1.5 Expected outcome of actual maximum approaches . 45
13.2 Modelling studies for BS using mMIMO . 45
13.2.1 Guiding principles . 45
13.2.2 Simulation model parameters . 45
13.2.3 Modelling case study A . 47
13.2.4 Modelling case study B . 49
13.2.5 Modelling case study C . 51
13.2.6 Lessons learned . 53
13.3 Measurement studies on operational sites with BS using mMIMO . 54
13.3.1 Guiding principles . 54
13.3.2 Measurement campaign parameters . 54
13.3.3 Experiment process . 55
13.3.4 Examples of RF exposure experiments . 57

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13.3.5 Lessons learned . 61
13.4 Configurations with multiple transmitters . 62
13.4.1 Guiding principles for configurations with multiple transmitters . 62
13.4.2 Rationale . 62
13.4.3 Power combination factors applicable to configurations with multiple

transmitters . 64
13.4.4 Lessons learned . 65
14 Macro BS with massive MIMO product compliance assessment . 65
14.1 General description . 65
14.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 66
14.2.1 Evaluation process . 66
14.2.2 Methodology . 66
14.2.3 Reporting . 67
14.3 Technical outcome . 67
14.4 Lessons learned . 68
15 Macro site with massive MIMO product installation compliance assessment . 68
15.1 General description . 68
15.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 69
15.2.1 Evaluation process . 69
15.2.2 Methodology . 69
15.2.3 Reporting . 70
15.3 Technical outcome . 70
15.4 Lessons learned . 71
16 Small cell products at millimetre-wave frequency using massive MIMO . 71
16.1 General description . 71
16.2 Indoor product installation case study . 72
16.2.1 Product configurations . 72
16.2.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 72
16.2.3 Technical outcome . 73
16.2.4 Lessons learned . 73
16.3 In-situ measurement case study . 73
16.3.1 Product configurations . 73
16.3.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 74
16.3.3 Technical outcome . 75
16.3.4 Lessons learned . 77
17 Wireless link with parabolic dish antenna product compliance assessment . 77
17.1 General description . 77
17.2 Implementation of IEC 62232:2017 . 78
17.2.1 Evaluation process . 78
17.2.2 Methodology . 79
17.2.3 Reporting . 79
17.3 Technical outcome . 79
17.4 Lessons learned . 81
Annex A (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Indoor small
cell product compliance assessment using SAR measurements" (Clause 6). 82
A.1 Technical details . 82
A.2 Test report . 82
Annex B (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Outdoor small
cell product compliance assessment using SAR measurements" (Clause 7). 83

B.1 Physical parameters of the EUT antenna . 83
B.2 Measurement set-up . 83
B.3 Measurement results . 84
B.4 Test report . 84
Annex C (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Small cell
product installation compliance assessment using simplified installation criteria"
(Clause 8) . 85
C.1 3GPP categories of base stations . 85
C.2 E0 installation class case study – Touch compliant . 85
C.3 E2 installation class case study . 86
C.4 E10 installation class case study. 87
C.5 E100 installation class case . 88
C.6 E+ installation class case study . 90
Annex D (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Small cell site
in-situ measurements" (Clause 9) . 93
D.1 General description and note . 93
D.2 Technical information and results for measurement Campaign A. 93
D.3 Technical information for measurement Campaign B . 98
D.3.1 General description . 98
D.3.2 Measurement process . 98
D.3.3 Results . 99
D.3.4 Measurement uncertainty. 101
D.3.5 Test report for measurement Campaign B . 101
Annex E (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Street cell
product compliance assessment using SAR measurements and power density spatial

averaging" (Clause 10) . 102
Annex F (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Macro site in-
situ measurements" (Clause 11) . 103
F.1 Technical information used for performing the tests . 103
F.2 Test report . 103
Annex G (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Macro site in-
situ measurements using drones" (Clause 12) . 104
G.1 Technical parameters of the measurement system . 104
G.2 Technical parameters of the drone . 104
G.3 Description of the BS measurement site . 104
G.4 Technical details of the measurement process . 105
G.5 Software interface of the drone-based measurement system . 108
G.6 Considerations for performing RF exposure measurements using drones . 108
Annex H (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Macro BS
with massive MIMO product compliance assessment" (Clause 14) . 110
H.1 Technical details . 110
H.2 Test report . 111
Annex I (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Macro site
with massive MIMO product installation compliance assessment" (Clause 15) . 112
I.1 Description of the site . 112
I.2 Description of the EUT . 113
I.3 Evaluation procedure . 114
I.4 Calculations . 114
I.5 Interpretation of the results . 117
I.6 Test report . 117

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Annex J (informative) Technical information supporting the case study "Small cell
products at millimetre-wave frequency using massive MIMO" (Clause 16) . 118
Annex K (informative) Revised flow chart for the simplified RF exposure assessment

of BS using parabolic dish antennas (Clause 17) . 119
Bibliography . 121

Figure 1 – Tested local area BS product with two radios denoted RF1 and RF2 . 20
Figure 2 – Definition of cylindrical RF compliance boundary. 21
Figure 3 – Small remote radio equipment at 3,5 GHz (EUT antenna) . 23
Figure 4 – Simplified process for product installation compliance applicable to small
cells . 25
Figure 5 – Overview of BS installation classes for simplified RF exposure assessment
of small cells . 26
Figure 6 – Illustration of small cells integration in street furniture . 28
Figure 7 – Photographs of typical examples of the three small cell site groups . 30
Figure 8 – Omni-directional antenna connected to the street cell product . 32
Figure 9 – Vertical scan lines for spatially averaged field strength measurements . 33
Figure 10 – View from the measurement location to the BS . 35
Figure 11 – Drone used for field measurements around the BS site . 38
Figure 12 – Empirical CDFs of transmitted power (normalized) for different
environments in 3G network in India [31] . 40
Figure 13 – Empirical CDFs of combined transmitted power (normalized) for a
2G/3G/4G network in Sweden [32] . 40
Figure 14 – Extrapolation factor of the power flux density S(t) of the different signals
and the S (t) (all bands) with a sliding time averaging of 6 min applied to the
total
measurements [27] . 41
Figure 15 – Generic structure of a base station transmitted RF signal frame . 44
Figure 16 – Fraction of the total power transmitted in the broadside beam direction for
rural and urban scenarios . 48
Figure 17 – CDF of the power reduction factor for rural and urban installation scenarios . 49
Figure 18 – CDF of the normalized transmitted power for both UMa and UMi . 51
Figure 19 – Relationship between additional power reduction factor and CDF as a
function of number of beams (number of incoherent areas) . 53
Figure 20 – CDF of measurement on 8-cell cluster (experiment #1) . 59
Figure 21 – CDF in high-traffic conditions (experiment #5) . 60
Figure 22 – CDF of the reference Beta distribution used to assess power combination
factors . 63
Figure 23 – CDF resulting from the combination of two independent transmitters
having the reference Beta distribution . 63
Figure 24 – 5G BS product. 65
Figure 25 – Box-shaped RF compliance boundary . 66
Figure 26 – Outline of the 5G site . 69
Figure 27 – Top view of the exclusion zones (red: occupational, yellow: general public) . 70
Figure 28 – Side view of the exclusion zones (red: occupational, yellow: general public . 71
Figure 29 – Indoor site with 5G small cell product at millimetre-wave frequency . 72
Figure 30 – Outdoor site with 5G small cell product at millimetre-wave frequency
installed on a 44 m radio tower . 74

Figure 31 – Map of the outdoor measurement locations . 76
Figure 32 – Outdoor measurement location 1 . 76
Figure 33 – Outdoor measurement location 2 . 76
Figure 34 – Typical radio transmitters using parabolic dish antennas . 78
Figure 35 – Cylindrical shape RF compliance boundary . 79
Figure B.1 – Views of the SAR measurement setup . 84
Figure B.2 – Characteristics of SAR of EUT antennas as a function of separation
distance at 3,5 GHz . 84
Figure C.1 – Example of an E0 installation class configuration . 86
Figure C.2 – Example of an E2 installation class configuration . 87
Figure C.3 – Example of layout design for an E10 installation class configuration . 88
Figure C.4 – Example of layout design for an E100 installation class configuration . 90
Figure C.5 – Example of layout design for an E+ installation class configuration . 92
Figure D.1 – Mean value of E-field measurements with broadband equipment at
intermediate points for each site . 94
Figure D.2 – Maximum global E-field values measured in close proximity to the sites . 94
Figure D.3 – Consistency analysis between Case A and Case B (without
extrapolation) results . 95
Figure D.4 – Contribution of mobile services compared to Case B results . 95
Figure D.5 – Routes used for walk-tests around each site on both trials . 96
Figure D.6 – Cumulative distribution function of the upload throughput on Trial 1
normalized by the maximum value measured on each site when the small cells are off
(left) and of the transmitted power by the handset (right) . 96
Figure D.7 – Cumulative distribution function of the upload throughput on Trial 2
normalized by the maximum value measured on each site when the small cells are off
(left) and of the transmitted power by the handset (right) . 97
Figure D.8 – Cumulative distribution functions of the power transmitted by the handset

during voice calls on Trial 2 when small cells are on and off . 97
Figure D.9 – Results of the measurements around the selected sites . 100
Figure D.10 – Comparison between Campaign B results and other countrywide
measurement campaigns . 100
Figure G.1 – Photograph of test site . 105
Figure G.2 – The measurement system . 106
Figure G.3 – The route of the drone during the flight . 106
Figure G.4 – The drone is hovering at measurement point 1 . 107
Figure G.5 – The drone is hovering at measurement point 2 . 107
Figure G.6 – Operating interface of the drone-based measurement system software . 108
Figure I.1 – Rooftop scheme . 112
Figure I.2 – Geometry of the rooftop installation . 113
Figure I.3 – Compliance boundaries for general public (yellow) . 115
Figure I.4 – Compliance boundaries for occupational exposure (red) . 116
Figure K.1 – Revised flow chart for the simplified assessment of RF compliance
boundary in the line of sight of a parabolic dish antenna . 120

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Table 1 – Outline of RF exposure assessment case studies . 19
Table 2 – ICNIRP RF exposure limits relevant for the product compliance assessment
(from [8]) . 20
Table 3 – Dimensions of the cylindrical-shaped RF compliance boundary for general
public (GP) and occupational (O) exposure . 22
Table 4 – Typical examples of small cell configurations (from [18]) . 25
Table 5 – General public compliance distances for the street cell BS with omni-
directional antenna . 33
Table 6 – Street cell EMF compliance assessment comparison: general public (adult)
compliance distances based on SAR and field strength . 34
Table 7 – Operators and technologies present on the BS site . 35
Table 8 – Measurement results for 1,5 m above relative ground level . 36
Table 9 – The measurement results of the measurement points . 38
Table 10 – Relevant parameters for conducting RF exposure modelling studies of a
massive MIMO site or site cluster . 46
Table 11 – Relevant parameters for conducting RF exposure assessment of massive
MIMO site according to simulation method A (from [33]) . 47
Table 12 – Relevant parameters for conducting RF exposure assessment of a massive
MIMO site or site cluster according to simulation method B (from [35]) . 50
Table 13 – Summary of the percentiles of the normalized transmitted power and
compliance distances for a UMa scenario from 3GPP TR 36.873 [6] and 3GPP TR
38.901 [7] . 51
Table 14 – Relevant parameters for conducting RF exposure assessment of massive
MIMO site according to simulation method C (from [36]) . 52
Table 15 – Measurement campaign parameters for conducting RF exposure

assessment of a massive MIMO site or site cluster . 54
Table 16 – Measurement campaign parameters for RF exposure validation of several
massive MIMO sites and site clusters . 57
Table 17 – Actual maximum values for experiment #1 . 59
Table 18 – Actual maximum values for experiment #5 . 60
Table 19 – Summary of actual maximum power results based on measurements from
different sites and clusters . 61
Table 20 – Quantiles of the reference Beta distribution used to assess power

combination factors . 62
Table 21 – Percentiles resulting from the combination of 2 to 5 independent
transmitters having the reference Beta distribution . 64
Table 22 – Power combination factors applicable to the normalized transmitted power
CDF in case of combination of multiple independent identical transmitters . 64
Table 23 – Power combination factors applicable to two independent transmitters with

a ratio p in amplitude . 64
Table 24 – RF EMF exposure limits relevant for the product compliance assessment [8] . 66
Table 25 – Dimensions of the box-shaped RF compliance boundary for general public
(GP) and occupational (O) exposure for an actual maximum transmitted power
configuration . 67
Table 26 – RF EMF exposure limits relevant for the compliance assessment . 69
Table 27 – Measurement results . 75
Table 28 – RF EMF exposure limits relevant for the product compliance assessment

(from [8]) . 78

Table 29 – Examples of radio relay configurations with parabolic dish antennas below
10 GHz . 80
Table 30 – Examples of radio relay configurations with parabolic dish antennas above

10 GHz . 80
Table A.1 – Technical data for the EUT . 82
Table A.2 – EUT configuration with rated maximum transmitted power level and
maximum transmitted power levels . 82
Table B.1 – Physical parameters . 83
Table C.1 – Range of transmitted power classes for 3G and 4G base stations (from
3GPP TS 25.104 [16] and 3GPP TS 36.104 [17]) . 85
Table C.2 – Example of product parameters for an E0 installation class . 85
Table C.3 – Example of product parameters for an E2 installation class . 86
Table C.4 – Example of product parameters for an E10 installation class . 87
Table C.5 – Example of product parameters for an E100 installation class . 89
Table C.6 – Example of product parameters for an E+ installation class . 91
Table D.1 – Main characteristics of the two trials of measurement Campaign A . 93
Table D.2 – Country and site groups of the sites in measurement Campaign B . 98
Table D.3 – The predefined services configured in the measurement equipment . 99
Table G.1 – The information of the components in the measurement system . 104
Table G.2 – The parameters of the drone . 104
Table G.3 – The base station parameters . 105
Table G.4 – The measurement steps . 105
Table H.1 – Technical data for the EUT . 110
Table H.2 – Properties of the antenna used . 110
Table H.3 – EUT configuration with rated maximum transmitted power level and actual

maximum transmitted power level including a power tolerance of 1 dB. 111
Table I.1 – Properties of the installed base stations . 113
Table I.2 – RF EMF exposure limits and product installation compliance assessment . 117

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CASE STUDIES SUPPORTING IEC 62232 – DETERMINATION OF RF FIELD
STRENGTH, POWER DENSITY AND SAR IN THE VICINITY OF
RADIOCOMMUNICATION BASE STATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
EVALUATING HUMAN EXPOSURE
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