A field prediction model for urban environment based on pattern recognition and statistical ray tracing

Author

Degli-Esposti, Vittorio ; de´Marsi, A. ; Fuschini, Franco

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica, Inf. e Sistemistica, Bologna Univ., Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

428

Abstract

A novel statistical method for field prediction in an urban environment is presented. The method is based on a sort of "statistical ray tracing", that is, the main parameters of the generic ray (orientation, number of reflections, path length etc.) are evaluated through their statistical distribution on the basis of the characteristics of the environment. These characteristics can be extracted from a sample map by means of an automatic graphical algorithm

Keywords

cellular radio; microcellular radio; pattern recognition; radiowave propagation; ray tracing; statistical analysis; automatic graphical algorithm; field prediction model; generic ray; medium-size cells; microcell; orientation; path length; pattern recognition; propagation parameters; reflections; statistical distribution; statistical ray tracing; urban environment; wireless personal communication services; Design optimization; Electronic mail; Pattern recognition; Personal communication networks; Predictive models; Ray tracing; Reflection; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Spring. IEEE VTS 53rd

Conference_Location

Rhodes

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6728-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2001.944879

Filename

944879