Combined IE-FDTD Algorithm for Long-Range Loran-C Ground-Wave Propagation

Author

Xi, Xiaoli ; Zhou, Lili ; Zhang, Jinsheng ; Liu, Jiangfan ; Wang, Lili

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Xi´´an Univ. of Technol., Xi´´an, China

Volume

60

Issue

8

fYear

2012

Firstpage

3802

Lastpage

3808

Abstract

The integral equation (IE) method and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method are combined for the prediction of long-range Loran-C ground-wave propagation. Being capable of modeling the topography details, the combined IE-FDTD algorithm has much better accuracy than the integral equation method. On the other hand, it saves computational resources dramatically as compared to a full FDTD solution. Measurement results along two paths between Xuancheng and Songshan China are used to validate the proposed algorithm.

Keywords

finite difference time-domain analysis; integral equations; radionavigation; China; IE-FDTD algorithm; Songshan; Xuancheng; finite-difference time-domain method; integral equation method; long-range Loran-C ground-wave propagation; topography details modeling; Computational modeling; Delay effects; Electric fields; Finite difference methods; Integral equations; Mathematical model; Time domain analysis; Finite-difference time domain (FDTD) method; ground-wave propagation; integral equation method; loran-C;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2012.2201102

Filename

6204077