The Dynamics of the Radiated Field Near a Mobile Phone Connected to a 4G or 5G Network
Received: 5 December 2021 | Revised: 14 December 2021 | Accepted: 18 December 2021 | Online: 25 December 2021
Corresponding author: D. B. Deaconescu
Abstract
Characterizing the time variations of signals emitted by mobile terminals provides complementary information to health authorities, especially with the increase of frequency and energy of radiation towards millimeter waves. This experimental work aimed to quantify and classify the time variability of the electric field level measured at 10cm from a mobile phone connected sequentially to a 4th and 5th generation mobile network. Statistic analysis was performed on data from real-time spectrum analyzers, while self-similarity was computed by first recurrence plots of the radiated emissions, corresponding to five different types of mobile applications. Moreover, specificities to the communication standard and the type of application were identified.
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human exposure, 5G NR, mobile phone, LTE, field variabilityDownloads
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