A new parallel approach for 3D ray-tracing techniques in the radio propagation prediction;Uma nova abordagem paralela para técnicas de traçado de raios 3D aplicadas na predição de radiopropagação

IEEE Latin America Transactions

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Cavalcante, André Mendes ^a   De Sousa, Marco José ^a   Costa, João Crisóstomo Weyl Albuquerque ^a   Francês, Carlos Renato Lisboa ^a   Cavalcante, Gervásio Protásio Dos Santos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD POINTS; MAIN TASKS; PARALLEL MODELS; PREDICTION PRECISION; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; RADIO PROPAGATION; RANDOM ASSIGNMENT; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; WORK-LOAD DISTRIBUTION;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; FORECASTING; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; RADIO WAVES; RAY TRACING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77958032049     PISSN: 15480992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2007.4378518     Document Type: Article

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