A new approach to propagation prediction

Author

Junior, J. P T Faria ; Siqueira, G.L.

Author_Institution

Centre for Telecommun. Studies, CETUC-PUC/Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

31 March-3 April 2003

Firstpage

788

Abstract

In this paper, a software tool has been developed that provides accurate, site specific radio signal predictions for outdoor to indoor or outdoor to outdoor locations. The tool provides results very quickly, and is adept at providing new results for changes in transmitter and/or receiver antenna locations, and building geometries. The propagation prediction tool combines techniques from several different disciplines, including computer graphics and asymptotic electromagnetic theory, to reduce the calculation time without compromising accuracy. Using computer graphics techniques, the time necessary for shooting the rays through the urban geometry is greatly reduced.

Keywords

computational electromagnetics; computer graphics; geometrical theory of diffraction; indoor radio; radiowave propagation; ray tracing; asymptotic electromagnetic theory; building geometries; computer graphics techniques; geometrical optics; outdoor to indoor locations; outdoor to outdoor locations; radio propagation prediction; radio signal predictions; ray shooting; ray tracing; receiver antenna locations; software tool; transmitter antenna locations; uniform geometrical theory of diffraction; urban geometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2003. (ICAP 2003). Twelfth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 491)

Print_ISBN

0-85296-752-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:20030194

Filename

1353763