The hybrid-neural empirical model for the electromagnetic field level prediction in urban environments

The application of multilayer perceptron networks to calculating the electromagnetic wave path loss in an urban environment for propagation through an area with low or high buildings is presented. A hybrid neural-empirical model, created in two phases, is proposed. The first phase implies the realization of an approximate (coarse) propagation model based on measured values. This model determines the propagation loss from the beginning of the area, based on the distance from the area beginning, the average building density, the partial loss of a single building, the distance from the transmitter and the exponential loss index of the area. In the second phase, a neural network and the approximate model are integrated in the hybrid (fine) model of the propagation area. The input parameters for the neural network are the distance from the area beginning and the average height of buildings in that area, while the output parameter is the partial loss of a single building. This value is used in the approximate model, in order to obtain the propagation area model with higher accuracy.