3D Coverage Mapping with UTD and Geometrical Optic Model

AUTHOR(S):

Ugur Erbas, Mehmet Baris Tabakcioglu

TITLE

3D Coverage Mapping with UTD and Geometrical Optic Model

ABSTRACT

Transmitter placement is critical to improve communication service quality, and 3D coverage estimation is required to optimize this placement. In this study, a 3D coverage mapping tool based on Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD) and Geometric Optics (GO) models is developed to determine transmitter placement and coverage. This tool, created in MATLAB environment, estimates the total electric field by calculating the direct, reflected and diffracted rays with a ray-tracing algorithm and generates 2D electric field maps, and converts them into 3D coverage maps. Analyses for different frequencies (100 MHz, 1800 MHz, 4000 MHz and 6000 MHz) show that as the frequency increases, the signal loss increases and the coverage area shrinks. These results make the optimization of transmitter placement even more important, especially in high frequency communication technologies such as 5G. The study provides a solution for radio planning and transmitter placement that is both time efficient and suitable for large-scale simulations.

KEYWORDS

3D coverage mapping; ray tracing; propagation; Uniform Theory of Diffraction

Cite this paper

Ugur Erbas, Mehmet Baris Tabakcioglu . (2024) 3D Coverage Mapping with UTD and Geometrical Optic Model. Journal of Electromagnetics, 7, 4-9