Broadband Monitoring Measurements Analysis to Find the Main Sources Determining the Temporal Trend of Population Exposure in Slovakia

Abstract

Evaluation and analysis of the broadband monitoring measurements bring knowledge about the spatial and temporal trends of the population exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (EMF). This study analyses the dataset of EMF monitoring measurements in 70 locations of Slovakia and aims to detect the EMF sources, which determine the temporal trend of population exposure to radiofrequency EMF. We propose a data analysis approach to find a pattern of the similar radiofrequency bands in all measurement locations. Results showed that the population exposure variability over time is generally determined by the GSM 900 and UMTS 2100 services in Slovakia. Measurement data did not confirm the significant contribution of the wireless internet communication services to the temporal trend of population exposure in Slovakia and did not indicate any big discrepancies between different urban areas.