Title :
POBSP-2D: A Simulator to Improve Understanding of Electromagnetic Indoor Propagation
Author :
Martínez, D. ; Las-Heras, F. ; Campos, A.M. ; Carro, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents the characteristics of the POBSP-2D simulator, developed to help teaching the concepts involved in indoor electromagnetic propagation. This simulator uses the Physical Theory of Diffraction for electromagnetic processing, and “binary space partitioning” trees for the geometrical calculations, evaluating the different contributions to propagation in independent computations. This allows students to get results very quickly, and to visualize the effects of each electromagnetic contribution (the direct, diffracted, reflected, or transmitted contribution) on the total field.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave diffraction; electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave transmission; POBSP-2D simulator; binary space partitioning; electromagnetic indoor propagation; electromagnetic processing; geometrical calculations; physical diffraction theory; Computational modeling; Electromagnetic devices; Electromagnetics; Indoor communication; Propagation; Simulation; Electromagnetic propagation; binary space partitioning; electrical engineering education; indoor propagation; physical theory of diffraction;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2010.5723254
