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A Practical Radiosity Method for Predicting Transmission Loss in Urban Environments
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking volume 2004, Article number: 697892 (2004)
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The ability to predict transmission loss or field strength distribution is crucial for determining coverage in planning personal communication systems. This paper presents a practical method to accurately predict entire average transmission loss distribution in complicated urban environments. The method uses a 3D propagation model based on radiosity and a simplified city information database including surfaces of roads and building groups. Narrowband validation measurements with line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) cases at 1800 MHz give excellent agreement in urban environments.
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Liang, M., Liu, Q. A Practical Radiosity Method for Predicting Transmission Loss in Urban Environments. J Wireless Com Network 2004, 697892 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1155/S1687147204406197
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Keywords
- propagation model
- power coverage
- prediction tool
- transmission loss
- urban environment
- radiosity