Conventionally, in point-to-point transmission systems, the signal strength variation is measured by
the path loss describing the range dependence of the signal strength, which is defined as Fig. 3 shows the measured path loss at the static measurements points. Also shown is a comparison
with the free space loss and the path loss given by ITU-R Recommendation P.1546-3 [1], which
provides a method for point-to-area radio propagation predictions for terrestrial services in the
frequency range 30 MHz to 3 000 MHz. At some points in our scenario there are major obstacles to
the signal from the main transmitter (Sumaré), which is located near by the top but on the eastern side
of the highest hills in the region, as indicated in Fig. 4. Due to the obstruction of the signal transmitted
by this main source, we observed higher losses in the measured points that are closer to the main site.
Although ITU-R P.1812 [2] could provide more accurate results for this type of environment, it
requires detailed information about the terrain profile that is not available in this case.