Physics-based statistical model and simulation method of RF propagation in urban environments
First Claim
1. A method of modeling electromagnetic wave propagation in an urban environment comprising a plurality of buildings and a spatial network therebetween, said method comprising:
- dividing the spatial network of the urban environment into a plurality of urban canyon waveguides clad by said buildings and interconnected to each other at intersections defined by waveguide apertures;
propagating an electromagnetic wave through the urban environment to calculate spectral coefficients of modal fields in the waveguides excited by the propagation, wherein the calculation uses a database of statistical impedance boundary conditions of building walls;
determining statistical parameters of the calculated modal fields; and
determining a parametric propagation model based on the statistical parameters of the calculated modal fields.
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Abstract
A physics-based statistical model and simulation/modeling method and system of electromagnetic wave propagation (wireless communication) in urban environments. In particular, the model is a computationally efficient close-formed parametric model of RF propagation in an urban environment which is extracted from a physics-based statistical wireless channel simulation method and system. The simulation divides the complex urban environment into a network of interconnected urban canyon waveguides which can be analyzed individually; calculates spectral coefficients of modal fields in the waveguides excited by the propagation using a database of statistical impedance boundary conditions which incorporates the complexity of building walls in the propagation model; determines statistical parameters of the calculated modal fields; and determines a parametric propagation model based on the statistical parameters of the calculated modal fields from which predictions of communications capability may be made.
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1. A method of modeling electromagnetic wave propagation in an urban environment comprising a plurality of buildings and a spatial network therebetween, said method comprising:
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dividing the spatial network of the urban environment into a plurality of urban canyon waveguides clad by said buildings and interconnected to each other at intersections defined by waveguide apertures; propagating an electromagnetic wave through the urban environment to calculate spectral coefficients of modal fields in the waveguides excited by the propagation, wherein the calculation uses a database of statistical impedance boundary conditions of building walls; determining statistical parameters of the calculated modal fields; and determining a parametric propagation model based on the statistical parameters of the calculated modal fields. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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12. A method of determining communications capability in an urban environment comprising a plurality of buildings and a spatial network therebetween, said method comprising:
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receiving transmission parameters as input; simulating propagation of an electromagnetic wave through the urban environment based on said transmission parameters to calculate spectral coefficients of modal fields in the waveguides excited by the propagation, wherein the calculation uses a database of statistical impedance boundary conditions of building walls; determining statistical parameters of the calculated modal fields; determining a parametric propagation model based on the statistical parameters of the calculated modal fields; and determining communications capability in different zones of the urban environment based on the transmission parameters and the parametric propagation model.
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