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               NEWSLETTER WINRPOP 10/99
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 NEW VERSION OF WINPROP
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  The new release of the demo-version WinProp is now available on the 
  WWW. If you want to download the software, please refer to 

    http://www.winprop.de/download_e.html

  or (as alternative if your name-server does not address winprop.de) 

    http://129.69.95.250/download_e.html

  New Features have been implemented in the new release and 
  more of the old features are now available even in the 
  demo-version. 
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 NEW FEATURES OF DEMO-VERSION
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  The new demo-version features now:

    - Terrain Mode
      Prediction models for large areas (e.g. macrocells for cellular
      networks or transmitters for the broadcasting of TV and radio
      networks). Prediction based on topographical data bases. 
      Additional consideration of morphological data also possible. 

      Available models in the demo-version are
        - Hata-Okumura
        - Parabolic Equations
      Further models are available in the full version.

    - Point and Line Mode 
      For all prediction models (terrain/urban/indoor) line
      and point mode are available in the demo-version. This 
      is especially important for the computation models with 
      longer computation times if only some prediction points 
      are of interest.

   - Hybrid Mode
     The hybrid mode is also enabled in the new demo-version.
     Now an empirical prediction is possible in a larger area
     (called empirical prediction area) around the actual 
     prediction area/lines/points. This is especially
     important if the computation time must be reduced for the 
     computation of large areas or if the preprocessing for the 
     large empirical prediction area is not comnputed. 
     
   - Adaptive Resolution Management (ARM) 
     To reduce the file size of the preprocessed data bases for 
     the intelligent ray tracing the new ARM (Adaptive Resolution 
     Management) is implemented in the demo-version. This reduces
     the file size of the preprocessed data to 50% (and even less,
     depending on the data base). 
      
   - Ray Tracing (Standard) for Indoor
     The ray tracing for indoor scenarios is now available in 
     the demo-version. Currently only the standard ray tracing 
     is enabled. The intelligent ray tracing for indoor is 
     still only available in the full version of the package. 

     But due to different requests from our customers we will 
     enable the intelligent ray tracing for indoor 
     scenarios in the next demo-version of WinProp 
     (available in 11/99).

  -  Small update of the GUI 
     We slightly updated the graphical user interface of ProMan 
     (Propagation module of WinProp). Some new features 
     for the (post-)processing of the results and some 
     improvements in the menues of the project settings 
     lead to a more intuitive user interface.

  -  New User Manual
     An update of our free user manual is also available on 
     the WWW (http://www.winprop.de/programs/user_ref.pdf   or   
     http://129.69.95.250/programs/user_ref.pdf). The update 
     describes the user interface of the software more detailled
     answering most of the questions occuring during the test of
     the software.

  -  New Demo-Version of WallMan
     A new version of WallMan for the generation of building 
     data bases is also available on the WWW.
     
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