Measurements on scaled models of urban environments and comparisons with ray-tracing propagation simulation

Author

Erricolo, Danilo ; D´Elia, G. ; Uslenghi, Piergiorgio L E

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

Volume

50

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

727

Lastpage

735

Abstract

Scaled models of simple two-dimensional (2-D) urban environments are considered in order to investigate propagation along a vertical plane. Specifically, path loss measurements are taken for different positions of the transmitting and receiving antennas at 25 GHz. Then measurement results are compared with theoretical predictions computed by a ray-tracing polygonal line simulator. The measurements indicate a very good agreement between the ray-tracing model and the experiments

Keywords

digital simulation; loss measurement; microwave propagation; ray tracing; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; 25 GHz; 2D urban environments; SHF; path loss measurements; ray-tracing model; ray-tracing polygonal line simulator; ray-tracing propagation simulation; receiving antennas; scaled models measurement; transmitting antennas; vertical plane propagation; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Computational modeling; Loss measurement; Position measurement; Propagation losses; Ray tracing; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Two dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2002.1011240

Filename

1011240