Title :
Modelling of the propagation of GPS signals over the horizon
Author :
Liu, C.G. ; Zhang, Boming ; Wu, Z.P. ; Li, Yuhua
Author_Institution :
RF & Microwave Technol. Res. Center, Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
The propagation of GPS signals over the horizon is considered in this paper. Parabolic equation for the electromagnetic wave propagation with initial fields, absorbing boundary and polarization parameters are used in the modeling. Finite difference method is used to solve the equation with an improved new Hanning window function absorbing boundary model. The simulation results under the environments of sea surface based duct and evaporation duct are presented, and the calculated methods and results are elaborated.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; absorbing media; finite difference methods; parabolic equations; radiowave propagation; GPS signal propagation modelling; Hanning window function absorbing boundary model; electromagnetic wave propagation; finite difference method; parabolic equation; polarization parameters; sea surface based duct environments; sea surface based evaporation duct; Antennas; Ducts; Europe; Global Positioning System; Mathematical model; Polarization; EM modelling; GPS; anomalous propagation;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901947
