An efficient ray tracing propagation simulator for analyzing ultrawideband channels

Gianluigi Tiberi; Stefano Bertini; Wasim Q. Malik; Agostino Monorchio; David J. Edwards; Giuliano Manara

doi:10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4381052

An efficient ray tracing propagation simulator for analyzing ultrawideband channels

Gianluigi Tiberi, Stefano Bertini, Wasim Q. Malik, Agostino Monorchio, David J. Edwards, Giuliano Manara

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Abstract

A fundamental step in ultrawideband (UWB) communication systems involves the characterization of the indoor propagation channel. In this paper, we show that UWB channel parameters can be predicted accurately by ray tracing (RT) simulation carried out at various frequencies over the signal bandwidth. Our RT algorithm is independent of frequency, therefore the determination of the rays reaching a given location is made only once. Moreover, a parallel ray approximation is used to improve significantly the computational efficiency of the RT based approach. The excellent agreement between simulation results and measured data proves that our RT-based tool can be used successfully for accurate and reliable site-planning in UWB systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2007 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB
Pages	794-799
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4381052
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	2007 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB - , Singapore Duration: Sep 24 2007 → Sep 27 2007

Other

Other	2007 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB
Country	Singapore
Period	9/24/07 → 9/27/07

Keywords

Channel simulation
Indoor propagation
Ray tracing
Ultrawideband

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Communication

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An efficient ray tracing propagation simulator for analyzing ultrawideband channels. / Tiberi, Gianluigi; Bertini, Stefano; Malik, Wasim Q.; Monorchio, Agostino; Edwards, David J.; Manara, Giuliano.

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Tiberi, G, Bertini, S, Malik, WQ, Monorchio, A, Edwards, DJ & Manara, G 2007, An efficient ray tracing propagation simulator for analyzing ultrawideband channels. in 2007 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB., 4381052, pp. 794-799, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB, Singapore, 9/24/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4381052

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