Safety Distance and Power Density Calculations for GSM Communication Systems

Abstract

The number of wireless telephone subscribers has increased at an extraordinary rate as the mobile phone has become an important part of everyday life. The rapid adoption of handheld mobile phones, leads to a growing number of mobile base stations and a growing concern for their possible adverse effects on human health. This paper aims to assess the effects (if any) for the, low-level non-ionizing RF energy of cellular systems have on human health and to determine the safety limits needed to protect human health. The power density and the safety distance will be calculated at different environments for Global System of Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular system, and it will be compared with the standard applied limits. The founded that theoretical calculation of the power densities are much lower than the exposure limit that have been recommended by the international health organizations.