Comparison of heuristic UTD coefficients in an outdoor scenario

Author

Tami, Diego ; Rego, Cassio G. ; Guevara, Dinael ; Navarro, Andres ; Moreira, Fernando J. S. ; Cardona, Narcis ; Gimenez, Jordi

Author_Institution

Grad. Program in Electr. Eng., Fed. Univ. of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents a comparison of three heuristic coefficients for the Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD), used to characterize the radiowave scattering in typical urban scenarios. The coefficients were implemented in a propagation model based on 3D ray-tracing techniques for a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) service. In order to evaluate each coefficient we analyze the statistical behavior of the mean and standard deviation of the absolute errors between the estimated values and the measured data of path loss in a large number of receptor points in an outdoor scenario.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave diffraction; electromagnetic wave scattering; ray tracing; statistical analysis; 3D ray-tracing techniques; digital video broadcasting service; heuristic UTD coefficients; mean deviation; outdoor scenario; path loss; propagation model; radiowave scattering; receptor points; standard deviation; statistical behavior; uniform theory of diffraction; urban scenarios; Accuracy; Antenna measurements; Buildings; Diffraction; Loss measurement; Ray tracing; Three-dimensional displays; Heuristic diffraction coefficients; ray tracing; uniform theory of diffraction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228249