TY - JOUR
T1 - A MATLAB-based two-dimensional parabolic equation radiowave propagation package
AU - Sevgi, Levent
AU - Uluişik, ̧Caǧatay
AU - Akleman, Funda
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - This article introduces a simple MATLAB radiowave propagation package, SSPE_GUI, for the visualization of EM propagation over non-flat terrain through an inhomogeneous atmosphere, for waves radiated by a horizontally oriented antenna over the ground. The package can be used as an engineering tool to test the effects of various user-specified longitudinal terrain profiles and refractivity variations, as well as guiding and anti-guiding conditions on radiowave propagation, especially for GSM rural coverage planning. It can also be used as an educational aid (virtual tool) in EM lectures, for example, in antennas and propagation, wireless communication, etc.
AB - This article introduces a simple MATLAB radiowave propagation package, SSPE_GUI, for the visualization of EM propagation over non-flat terrain through an inhomogeneous atmosphere, for waves radiated by a horizontally oriented antenna over the ground. The package can be used as an engineering tool to test the effects of various user-specified longitudinal terrain profiles and refractivity variations, as well as guiding and anti-guiding conditions on radiowave propagation, especially for GSM rural coverage planning. It can also be used as an educational aid (virtual tool) in EM lectures, for example, in antennas and propagation, wireless communication, etc.
KW - Discrete Fourier transforms
KW - Electrical engineering education
KW - Electromagnetic propagation
KW - Electromagnetic propagation in nonhomogeneous media
KW - Electromagnetic refraction
KW - Ground wave propagation
KW - Land mobile radio propagation factors
KW - Parabolic equation method
KW - Radio propagation terrain factors
KW - Simulation
KW - Terrestial atmosphere
KW - Visualization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33244488538&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MAP.2005.1589923
DO - 10.1109/MAP.2005.1589923
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33244488538
SN - 1045-9243
VL - 47
SP - 164
EP - 175
JO - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
JF - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
IS - 4
ER -