Abstract
The accurate prediction of radio wave propagation is extremely important
for wireless network planning and optimization. However, inexact
matching between the traditional empirical model and actual propagation
environments, as well as the insufficiency of the sample data required
for training a deep learning model, lead to unsatisfactory prediction
results. Our paper proposes a field strength prediction model based on a
deep neural network that is aimed at a tiny dataset composed of the
geographic information and corresponding satellite images of a target
area. This model connects two pretrained networks to minimize the
parameters to be learned. Simultaneously, we construct a convolutional
neural network (CNN) model for comparison based on a previous advanced
study in this field. Experimental results show that the proposed model
can obtain the same accuracy as that of previously developed CNN models
while requiring less data.