A tool for planning electromagnetic field levels in urban areas

Author

Franceschetti, Giorgio ; Iodice, Antonio ; Riccio, Daniele ; Ruello, Giuseppe

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Telecomunicazioni, Universita di Napoli "Federico II", Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

2211

Abstract

A new tool for the prediction of the electromagnetic field in urban areas, based on a VPL approach, has been presented in this paper. The tool logic has been thought in order to enhance the VPL potentiality, and the procedure is mainly based on a deterministic description of the scene and the electromagnetic wave propagation. The main elements of novelty are given by the fact that the tool is based on a direct ray tracing method, including all the possible reflected and diffracted rays. Some results have been presented to show the tool potentiality.

Keywords

electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic wave diffraction; electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave reflection; field strength measurement; ray tracing; VPL; deterministic description; diffracted rays; electromagnetic field prediction; electromagnetic wave propagation; planning tool; ray tracing; reflected rays; urban areas; Conductivity; Diffraction; Electromagnetic fields; Layout; Microscopy; Optical propagation; Shape; Urban areas; Urban planning; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1331808

Filename

1331808