A new 3D ray-tracing propagation model
A new 3D ray-tracing propagation model
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- DOI: 10.1049/cp:20020389
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- Author(s): Source: Third International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, 2002 p. 201 – 205
- Conference: Third International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies
- DOI: 10.1049/cp:20020389
- ISBN: 0 85296 749 7
- Location: London, UK
- Conference date: 8-10 May 2002
- Format: PDF
Various ray-tracing methods have been developed for wireless propagation predication. Most of them are hybrid 2D and 3D models (see Athanasiadou, G.E. and Nix, A.R., IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol.49, no.4, p.1152-68, 2000; Liang, G. and Bertoni, H.L., IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol.46, no.6, p.853-63, 1998). They assume the walls are vertical, roofs and ceilings are horizontal and the ground is flat. These assumptions are not always true. This paper presents a new 3D ray-tracing method based on 3D geometry and vector calculations. Propagation path concepts of triangular reflection pyramid ray-tubes and diffraction hollow cones have been developed. This method applies to different terrains and both indoor and outdoor environments. Virtual reality (VR) is used to visualise the environments and line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS signal paths and allows us to verify the methods we used.
Inspec keywords: electromagnetic wave diffraction; electromagnetic wave reflection; vectors; virtual reality; indoor radio; radiowave propagation; ray tracing; telecommunication computing; geometry
Subjects: Combinatorial mathematics; Algebra; Algebra; Virtual reality; Radiowave propagation; Combinatorial mathematics; Combinatorial mathematics; Algebra; Radio links and equipment; Communications computing
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