@article{article_271016, title={Measurement and Evaluation of Electric Field Strength in Samsun City Center}, journal={International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers}, pages={24–29}, year={2016}, DOI={10.18100/ijamec.271016}, author={Kurnaz, Çetin and Korunur Engiz, Begüm}, keywords={Electric field strength,electromagnetic (EM) radiation,EM measurement,statistical analysis}, abstract={<span lang="en-au" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-au">There has been a substantial growth in the use of mobile communication
services over the last few years. As a result of this increase in the number of
base stations, and electromagnetic (EM) exposure levels have become inevitable.
Considering the public debate about </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">possible health hazards caused
by electric field strength (E), in this study, evaluating the effect of
establishment of 4G systems on existing E levels is aimed. For this purpose;
the </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">total
536 E measurements </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">were conducted in Samsun before and after 1 April 2016. It is seen from
the measurements that maximum E ( </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">E <sub>max </sub>) is 6.32 V/m while the maximum average E </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">( </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">E <sub>avg </sub>) is 3.26 V/m which are both below
the limits that are determined by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing
Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Information and Communication
Technologies Authority of Turkey ( </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">ICTA). The results demonstrate that the deployment
of 4G yielded up to 52.3% increase in E <sub>max </sub> while 12.5% in E <sub>avg </sub>values.
Furthermore in order to determine the main E sources band selective E
measurements are conducted and analysed. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Analyses demonstrate that 65.6%
of total E is caused by UMTS2100, 22.3% is produced by GSM900, 4.8% by GSM1800,
1.3 % by LTE800, and 6% is generated by devices that use the remaining
frequency bands. </span>}, number={Special Issue-1}, publisher={PLUSBASE AKADEMİ ORGANİZASYON VE DANIŞMANLIK}