A comparative study of wireless propagation simulation methodologies: Ray tracing, FDTD, and event based TLM

Huntsville Simulation Conference, HSC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kuruganti, Phani Teja ^a   Nutaro, James ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; INDOOR PROPAGATION; LOSS PREDICTION; TRANSMISSION-LINE MATRIXES; WIRELESS PROPAGATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 84875714265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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