Modeling propagation in multifloor buildings using the FDTD method

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4239-4246

  Austin, Andrew C M ^a   Neve, Michael J ^b   Rowe, Gerard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods; indoor radio communication; modeling; numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT MECHANISM; ENERGY FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FDTD METHOD; FDTD SIMULATIONS; INDOOR RADIO COMMUNICATION; LOSSY DIELECTRICS; MULTISTOREY BUILDINGS; NOVEL METHODS; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; PATH LOSS; POYNTING VECTORS; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; PROPAGATION PATHS; RMS ERRORS;

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FLOORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 80455174093     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2164181     Document Type: Article

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