Using 3-D video game technology in channel modeling

IEEE Access

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 1652-1659

  Cadavid, Andrés Navarro ^a   Ibarra, Dinael Guevara ^b   Salcedo, Sebastian Londoño ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ICESI   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

channel estimation; game engines; graphic technologies; ray tracing

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL ESTIMATION; COMPUTER GAMES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RAY TRACING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTING TIME; GAME ENGINE; GAME TECHNOLOGIES; GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNIT (GPUS); RAY BASED MODEL; VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT; WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 85006189463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2014.2370758     Document Type: Article

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