Radiation measurement from mobile base stations at a university campus in Malaysia

The tremendous growth of telecommunication industry results the number of hand phone users increases everyday. In order to support the growing number of users, the mobile base stations can be seen in almost everywhere. This scenario has created uncomfortable feelings to the people that they may b...

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Main Authors: Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Ali, Liakot, Azli, Amir, -, Mohd Zulkarnain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Publications 2006
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/23627/1/radiation_measure.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23627/
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Summary:The tremendous growth of telecommunication industry results the number of hand phone users increases everyday. In order to support the growing number of users, the mobile base stations can be seen in almost everywhere. This scenario has created uncomfortable feelings to the people that they may be affected by the radiations from antennas. A measurement was done at student hostels and office premises near to base stations in International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak campus. Measured values are compared with Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), IEEE and ANSI recommendations for safety guidelines. The results are presented in this study.