Site Specific Propagation Prediction Software Tool for Communication Channel Modeling

Abstract

The development of a full functional deterministic propagation prediction tool that will be able to predict the propagation characteristics of radio signals in any specified outdoor and indoor physical environment will provide an important design tool for wireless communication system designers. Site Ware Technologies will develop a computer package that will be capable of characterizing the multipath propagation environment by determining the path loss, time delay profile, angle of arrival distribution, spatial correlation and depolarization. The program will give site specific predictions in a wide range of outdoor and indoor environments for frequencies in the range of 100MHz to 10GHz. The objectives of this Phase II work is to expand on the successful Phase I project by implementing a number of propagation prediction features that will extend the versatility and robustness of the propagation models and encompass all the features into a sophisticated graphical user interface. The successful completion of the Phase II project will provide the U.S. Army with a comprehensive communication simulation tool as well as preparing the technologies for Phase III commercialization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 11, 2001
Accession Number
ADA392596

Entities

People

  • George Liang

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Computers
  • Diffraction
  • Frequency
  • Fresnel Zones
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Operating Systems
  • Physics
  • Radiation
  • Radio Waves
  • Scattering
  • Simulations
  • Specular Reflection
  • Three Dimensional
  • User Interface
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Software Engineering
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.