Radioplan Boosts Ray Tracing Radio Wave Propagation Simulator Performance


Dresden, 25 March 2004 -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Radioplan, a leading supplier of radio wave propagation modelling software, announced that the latest version of their popular RF prediction software, RPS 5.2, has set a new processing benchmark for ray tracing radio wave propagation modelling tools.

By introducing hybrid simulation modelling - the ability to process multiple radio wave propagation algorithms for the same scenario in parallel - and a massively improved processing capability using 2.5D modelling in a parallel processing architecture, Radioplan?s RPS 5.2 boosts simulation performance to a level never before seen in a ray tracing propagation simulator.

Dietrich Hunold, Radioplan?s Technical Director said ?RPS 5.2 delivers a new degree of radio wave propagation prediction performance and accuracy. Typically ray tracing programs take a long time to achieve the desired accuracy. But by designing the software to allow parallel processing, we?ve achieved an order of magnitude gain in processing performance. Additionally, by incorporating many realistic modelling features, and user control of the accuracy required, we have allowed accuracy levels to be greatly improved?

Radioplan?s RPS 5.2 simulates the interactions between radio transmissions and the physical features of the real world. RF field strength and coverage prediction maps generated by the simulator show the effects of placing antennas in selected physical locations.

RPS 5.2 is a fully-featured radio propagation modelling tool that allows radio field strength prediction and channel determination in the micro- and mm-wavelengths (300 MHz to 300 GHz) using built-in ray tracing and empirical prediction models. It is particularly suitable for modelling complicated indoor (in-site) environments, and has been used to great effect in recent projects in Asia and Europe.

Additional new features of RPS 5.2 include:


- Unrestricted orientation of polygons with full 3D freedom
- User controllable reflection/diffraction/penetration limits
- Accurate results for propagation effects based on material properties
- New easy-to-use environment editor

RPS is available as a Professional edition for smaller organizations, or as an Enterprise application for larger workgroups running in client-server configurations. A demonstration version of the software can be downloaded from the company?s website, http://www.radioplan.com.

Contacts:

Radioplan GmbH
Lortzingstrasse 37
D-01307 Dresden, Germany
Phone +49-351-404 29-0
Fax +49-351-404 29-50
contact@radioplan.com
http://www.radioplan.com