title: Assessment of General Public Exposure to LTE signals compared to other Cellular Networks Present in Thessaloniki, Greece.
abstract: To assess general public exposure to electromagnetic fields from Long Term Evolution (LTE) base stations, measurements at 10 sites in Thessaloniki, Greece were performed. Results are compared with other mobile cellular networks currently in use. All exposure values satisfy the guidelines for general public exposure of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), as well as the reference levels by the Greek legislation at all sites. LTE electric field measurements were recorded up to 0.645 V/m. By applying the ICNIRP guidelines, the exposure ratio for all LTE signals is between 2.9 × 10-5 and 2.8 × 10-2. From the measurements results it is concluded that the average and maximum power density contribution of LTE downlink signals to the overall cellular networks signals are 7.8% and 36.7%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Radiocommunications Laboratory, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Fotios
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gkonis
authors.affiliation: Radiocommunications Laboratory, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Achilles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boursianis
authors.affiliation: Radiocommunications Laboratory, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece.|Department of Physics, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Samaras
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006115:Greece; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011846:Radio Waves