A new approach to indoor propagation prediction

Author

Murch, R.D. ; Cheung, K.W. ; Fong, M.S. ; Sau, J.H.M. ; Chuang, J.C.-I.

Author_Institution

Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon, Hong Kong

fYear

1994

fDate

8-10 Jun 1994

Firstpage

1737

Abstract

A new approach to indoor propagation prediction which is based on the Rayleigh-Gans approximation is proposed. The approach has been motivated by the observation that the indoor environment is different from the outdoor environment in that many of the structures within buildings are approximately the size of a wavelength making propagation prediction based on high frequency techniques not strictly applicable. In the paper details of the Rayleigh-Gans approximation are provided. Actual indoor propagation measurements are also provided to allow preliminary discussions on the accuracy of the Rayleigh-Gans approximation to be given. Comparisons with simulations of empirical and ray tracing models are also provided. The results indicate that further development would be worthwhile

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; indoor radio; land mobile radio; 900 MHz; Rayleigh-Gans approximation; buildings; empirical models; indoor propagation prediction; ray tracing models; Buildings; Cities and towns; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic propagation; Floors; Frequency; Indoor environments; Propagation losses; Ray tracing; Windows;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1994 IEEE 44th

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1927-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1994.345394

Filename

345394