A MODEL FOR TRANSITION BETWEEN OUTDOOR AND INDOOR PROPAGATION

We present a novel outdoor-indoor radio wave propagation model. It predicts the electric field envelope Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) in a room placed near a radio communication emitter. The experimental CDF obtained from the simulation, fits the experimental CDF obtained from a measurement...

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Published inElectromagnetic waves (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 85; pp. 147 - 167
Main Authors Blas Prieto, Juan, Fernandez Reguero, Patricia, Lorenzo Toledo, Ruben Mateo, Abril, Evaristo Jose, Mazuelas Franco, Santiago, Bahillo Martinez, Alfonso, Bullid, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Electromagnetics Academy 2008
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Summary:We present a novel outdoor-indoor radio wave propagation model. It predicts the electric field envelope Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) in a room placed near a radio communication emitter. The experimental CDF obtained from the simulation, fits the experimental CDF obtained from a measurement campaign carried out over 19200 sampling points inside the room. The maximum deviation found between these CDFs is less than 1%. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is employed to analyze the goodness of fit. P-values around 99% are reached. A comparison is made with other classical methods reported in the literature as ray-tracing (RT) and a hybrid method employing finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) together with RT. The proposed model significantly improves the results achieved in those previous investigations. Although we study the problem in three dimensions, the repetitive nature of the algorithm allows us to parallelize the computation process speeding the calculations.
ISSN:1559-8985
1070-4698
1559-8985
DOI:10.2528/PIER08072101