Educational Software for Project and Analysis of Radiowave Propagation

Author

Agapito, Laurindo ; Durand, Fábio Renan

Author_Institution

Centro de Cienc. Exatas e Tecnol., Univ. Norte do Parana, Londrina

Volume

6

Issue

7

fYear

2008

Firstpage

638

Lastpage

646

Abstract

In this work, we illustrated the development of an educational software for project and analysis of radiowave propagation (SEPAR). This software is composed by tools to project links radiowave-based and a tutorial with theoretical elements of electromagnetic waves propagation. In the radiowave design are considered the propagation losses, atmospheric effect, fading, modulation, relief and antennas characteristics. The software was utilized at radiowave design course and the observed results showed that the software is a strong tool to learning and motivation the student´s autonomy. It was observed that after supplied the first theoretical concepts the students start to use the software intuitively and could consolidate the illustrated concepts.

Keywords

antennas; courseware; fading; modulation; radiowave propagation; telecommunication computing; telecommunication engineering education; SEPAR; antenna characteristics; atmospheric effect; educational software; electromagnetic wave propagation; fading characteristics; modulation characteristics; propagation loss; radiowave design course; radiowave propagation project analysis; Antennas and propagation; Atmospheric waves; Electromagnetic propagation; Fading; Frequency; Irrigation; Propagation losses; Radiowave propagation; Software tools; Wireless LAN; Education; Propagation; Software;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1548-0992

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TLA.2008.4917436

Filename

4917436