Applicability of game engine for ray tracing techniques in a complex urban environment

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Navarro, Andres ^a   Guevara, Dinael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ICESI   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cost reference scenarios; Game engine; Ray tracing; Urban environment; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELING; COMPUTING TIME; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GAME ENGINE; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNITS; MULTIPLE-PATH; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; REFERENCE SCENARIOS; SIMULATION RESULT; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

RAY TRACING; SURVEYING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 78649392758     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECF.2010.5594343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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