Ray tracing propagation modeling for future small-cell and indoor applications: A review of current techniques

F Fuschini, EM Vitucci, M Barbiroli… - Radio …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Applied for the first time to mobile radio propagation modeling at the beginning of the
nineties, ray tracing is now living a second youth. It is probably the best model to assist in the …

A mixed ray launching/tracing method for full 3-D UHF propagation modeling and comparison with wide-band measurements

JP Rossi, Y Gabillet - IEEE Transactions on antennas and …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growth of radio communication services has stimulated interest in ray propagation
modeling, particularly in urban areas. The main drawback of these methods is lengthy …

Efficient ray-tracing acceleration techniques for radio propagation modeling

FA Agelet, A Formella, JMH Rabanos… - IEEE transactions on …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ray-tracing and uniform theory of diffraction techniques are already widely applied to site-
specific radio propagation modeling for wireless applications. Software tools using such …

Capability of 3-D ray tracing for defining parameter sets for the specification of future mobile communications systems

T Fugen, J Maurer, T Kayser… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three-dimensional (3-D) ray tracing has advanced to such a degree that it can provide
channel parameters like delay spread, Doppler spread, angular spread, and distribution …

Accuracy analysis of GO/UTD radio-channel modeling in indoor scenarios at 1.8 and 2.5 GHz

S Loredo, L Valle, RP Torres - IEEE Antennas and Propagation …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ray-tracing techniques have been widely used as simulation tools for the design and
planning of wireless systems, both in urban microcells and in indoor picocells, due to the site …

Efficient ray-tracing techniques for three-dimensional analyses of propagation in mobile communications: application to picocell and microcell scenarios

MF Catedra, J Perez, FS De Adana… - IEEE antennas and …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The application of several ray-tracing techniques, in combination with GTD/UTD
(geometrical theory of diffraction/uniform theory of diffraction), for an efficient analysis of …

Ray tracing for radio propagation modeling: Principles and applications

Z Yun, MF Iskander - IEEE access, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews the basic concepts of rays, ray tracing algorithms, and radio propagation
modeling using ray tracing methods. We focus on the fundamental concepts and the …

A hybrid ray launching-diffusion equation approach for propagation prediction in complex indoor environments

L Azpilicueta, F Falcone… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel and efficient deterministic approach to model radiowave propagation channels in
complex indoor environments, improving prediction accuracy, is proposed. This technique …

Ray tracing models for indoor environments and their computational complexity

T Huschka - 5th IEEE International Symposium on Personal …, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For indoor environments ray tracing models are frequently used to predict the impulse
response of the radio channel. This contribution discusses ray tracing methods known from …

Analysis of multipath propagation in urban environment through multidimensional measurements and advanced ray tracing simulation

F Fuschini, H El-Sallabi, V Degli-Esposti… - … on Antennas and …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A multidimensional analysis of multipath propagation in urban micro-and macro-cellular
environment has been carried out. Multidimensional measurement data, including path-loss …