Field prediction in urban environment using ray tracing

Author

Chi-Hou Chio ; Chi-Kin Pang ; Sio-Weng Ting ; Kam-Weng Tam

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Macau, Macau, China

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

1926

Lastpage

1927

Abstract

For wireless communication system in urban area, received signal level is important in determining the coverage of the system. This paper presents a model to predict the field strength level on streets inside a campus with steep terrain due to a UTMS base station at 949.2 MHz on rooftop using 3D ray tracing method. Measurements is conducted using isotropic antenna to calibrate the transmit power of antenna in the model. With the simulation model, the field strength around the campus is computed.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; UHF antennas; electric field measurement; linear antenna arrays; multifrequency antennas; prediction theory; ray tracing; 3D ray tracing method; UTMS base station; campus; field strength level prediction; frequency 949.2 MHz; isotropic antenna wireless communication system; received signal level; rooftop; steep terrain; urban area; Antenna measurements; Buildings; Computational modeling; Power measurement; Predictive models; Ray tracing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711621

Filename

6711621