Mixed path loss model for urban environments

Author

Hussain, Sajjad ; Trinh, Dung ; Brennan, Conor

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper a mixed model is proposed for computing electromagnetic wave propagation in urban areas. The Block Forward Backward Method (BFBM) is with the Fast Fourier Transform to predict fields far away from the transmitting antenna where 2D propagation in the vertical plane dominates. Nearer the transmitter where lateral propagation effects are more important a 3D ray tracing tool is used. Good agreement is achieved when compared to measured data in both regions.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave propagation; fast Fourier transforms; ray tracing; transmitting antennas; 2D electromagnetic wave propagation computation; 3D ray tracing tool; BFBM; block forward backward method; fast Fourier transform; lateral propagation effects; mixed path loss model; transmitter; transmitting antenna; urban environment; vertical plane; Computational modeling; Diffraction; Integral equations; Mathematical model; Ray tracing; Receivers; Transmitters; Block Forward Backward Method (BFBM); Electromagnetic Scattering; Integral Equation (IE); Iterative method; Method of Moment (MoM); Ray tracing; Urban Areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228903