DMET: a computer package for the design of digital microwave line-of-sight communication routes

Author

Conan, Jean ; Amar, Laurent ; Nyuiadzi, Mawuko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

35

Issue

3

fYear

1992

fDate

8/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

190

Lastpage

198

Abstract

The computer-aided design software package DMET (Digital Microwave Engineering Tool), which has been developed to meet the needs of the telecommunication engineering community involved in the design of line-of-sight digital microwave communication routes, is described. DMET can be used either by professionals or engineering students in such a way that efforts can be concentrated on the design objectives of the link rather than on cumbersome and tedious computations. This software package is particularly useful as a tool in teaching communication engineering students the basic practical steps involved in the design of line-of-sight radio communication links. Examples of antenna height computation and radio link budget computation using DMET are presented

Keywords

CAD; computer aided instruction; digital radio systems; education; microwave links; software packages; teaching; telecommunications computing; CAD; CAI; antenna height; budget computation; digital microwave line-of-sight communication routes; engineering students; professionals; radio communication links; software package DMET; teaching; telecommunications computing; Computer vision; Design automation; Design engineering; Education; Engineering students; Microwave communication; Packaging; Radio communication; Software packages; Telecommunication computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.144642

Filename

144642