A prototype system for light propagation in terrains

Author

Stamm, Christoph ; Eidenbenz, Stephan ; Beck, Michael ; Stucki, Peter ; Widmayer, Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

1998

fDate

22-26 Jun 1998

Firstpage

103

Lastpage

106

Abstract

We present a prototype system for a simple version of electromagnetic wave propagation prediction in rural areas, using a real time exploration environment for very large topographic scenes. The wave propagation prediction algorithm is based on a simple line of sight approach, realized with a modified hidden surface removal algorithm. The system serves as a transmitter management tool for interactively placing transmitters and studying the effects. Improvements according to the propagation prediction and automatic optimized placement of transmitters are current subjects of our research

Keywords

data visualisation; hidden feature removal; light propagation; mobile communication; real-time systems; telecommunication computing; automatic optimized placement; electromagnetic wave propagation prediction; light propagation; modified hidden surface removal algorithm; propagation prediction; prototype system; real time exploration environment; rural areas; simple line of sight approach; terrains; transmitter management tool; very large topographic scenes; wave propagation prediction algorithm; Computer network management; Computer science; Electrical capacitance tomography; Optical propagation; Prototypes; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication network management; Transmitters; User interfaces; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Graphics International, 1998. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Hannover

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8445-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CGI.1998.694256

Filename

694256