Title :
Dominant paths for the field strength prediction
Author :
Wölfle, G. ; Landstorfer, E.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Stuttgart Univ., Germany
Abstract :
An algorithm for the determination of the dominant paths for indoor wave propagation is presented. The algorithm computes a tree of the relations between the rooms inside the building and the branches of the tree are used for the determination of the dominant paths. Based on these dominant paths, three different prediction models are presented and compared with one another and with measurements. Two of the three models are based on neural networks, trained with measurements and the third model is an empirical model. With the neural prediction models a good generalization is achieved and they are very accurate in buildings not used for the training of the neural network
Keywords :
backpropagation; electric field measurement; feedforward neural nets; indoor radio; multilayer perceptrons; prediction theory; radiowave propagation; telecommunication computing; algorithm; backpropagation algorithm; building; dominant paths; empirical model; field strength prediction; indoor wave propagation; measurements; multilayered feedforward perceptron; neural network training; neural prediction models; prediction models; Attenuation; Diffraction; Floors; Gain measurement; Neural networks; Predictive models; Propagation losses; Reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4320-4
DOI :
10.1109/VETEC.1998.686635