POBSP-2D: A Simulator to Improve Understanding of Electromagnetic Indoor Propagation

Author

Martínez, D. ; Las-Heras, F. ; Campos, A.M. ; Carro, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

Volume

52

Issue

6

fYear

2010

Firstpage

155

Lastpage

160

Abstract

This paper presents the characteristics of the POBSP-2D simulator, developed to help teaching the concepts involved in indoor electromagnetic propagation. This simulator uses the Physical Theory of Diffraction for electromagnetic processing, and “binary space partitioning” trees for the geometrical calculations, evaluating the different contributions to propagation in independent computations. This allows students to get results very quickly, and to visualize the effects of each electromagnetic contribution (the direct, diffracted, reflected, or transmitted contribution) on the total field.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave diffraction; electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave transmission; POBSP-2D simulator; binary space partitioning; electromagnetic indoor propagation; electromagnetic processing; geometrical calculations; physical diffraction theory; Computational modeling; Electromagnetic devices; Electromagnetics; Indoor communication; Propagation; Simulation; Electromagnetic propagation; binary space partitioning; electrical engineering education; indoor propagation; physical theory of diffraction;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2010.5723254

Filename

5723254