Title :
Effects of passengers and internal components on electromagnetic propagation prediction inside Boeing aircrafts
Author :
Youssef, Mennatoallah ; Vahala, Linda
Author_Institution :
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA
Abstract :
An electromagnetic propagation prediction tool was used to predict the effect of passengers and internal components on the electromagnetic field strength inside airplane cabins. A commercial software package, Wireless Insitereg, was used to predict power levels inside aircraft cabins and the data was compared with experimental data collected. It was concluded that internal component in an airplane significantly alter propagation
Keywords :
aircraft; electrical engineering computing; radiowave propagation; Boeing aircrafts; Wireless Insite software package; airplane cabins; electromagnetic field strength; electromagnetic propagation prediction tool; internal components; power levels; Aircraft; Airplanes; Conducting materials; Conductors; Costs; Electromagnetic propagation; Predictive models; Student members; Testing; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711014