Propagation model based on ray tracing for the design of personal communication systems in indoor environments

Author

de Adana, Francisco Saez ; Blanco, Oscar Gutiérrez ; Diego, Iván González ; Arriaga, Jesús Pérez ; Cátedra, Manuel F.

Author_Institution

Grupo de Servicios, Alcala Univ., Spain

Volume

49

Issue

6

fYear

2000

fDate

11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2105

Lastpage

2112

Abstract

A ray tracing technique to predict the propagation channel parameters in indoor scenarios is presented. It is a deterministic technique, fully three-dimensional, based on geometrical optics (GO) and the uniform theory of diffraction (UTD). A model of plane facets is used for the geometrical description of the environment. The ray tracing is accelerated considerably by using the angular Z-buffer algorithm. Some comparisons between predicted results and measurements are presented to validate the method

Keywords

buffer storage; geometrical theory of diffraction; indoor radio; personal communication networks; radiowave propagation; ray tracing; 3D deterministic technique; GO; UTD; angular Z-buffer algorithm; geometrical description; geometrical optics; indoor environments; measurements; personal communication systems; plane facets model; predicted results; propagation channel parameters; propagation model; ray tracing; uniform theory of diffraction; Fading; Floors; Geometrical optics; Indoor environments; Physical theory of diffraction; Polarization; Predictive models; Propagation losses; Ray tracing; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/25.901882

Filename

901882