Title :
A radio coverage and planning tool
Author :
Roullier-Callaghan, Antony
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron., Univ. of Glamorgan, Treforest, UK
Abstract :
With the increased utilisation of mobile communications, and the speed necessary to keep radio systems efficient, a ´RAdioWave Coverage And Planning Tool´, RAWCAPT, is proposed. This tool could prove not only cost efficient, but also time efficient for users needing to ascertain the optimal position for a transmitter-receiver radio systems for any urban terrain. The tool utilises a Lidar dataset as the input, due to fact that Lidar data is reasonably cheap compared to other forms of data. On completion of the tool, the full process of radio path planning will be contained within a solitary software application
Keywords :
radio networks; radiocommunication; radiowave propagation; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network planning; Lidar dataset input; RAWCAPT; mobile communications; propagation modeling; radio coverage tool; radio path planning; radio planning tool; radio systems; software application; urban radio networks; Application software; Cost function; Laser radar; Mobile communication; Path planning; Radio transmitters; Radiowave propagation; Receivers; Software tools; Tiles;
Conference_Titel :
High Frequency Postgraduate Student Colloquium, 2001. 6th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7118-6
DOI :
10.1109/HFPSC.2001.962156
