Combined Network Planning

A combination of urban/indoor or urban/rural prediction models

Introduction

  
Combined Network Planning (CNP) is one of the outstanding features of WinProp.There are many propagation models for rural, urban, or indoor environments. But up to now there is no model for hybrid scenarios.
  • Which model must be used if the transmitter is located inside the building and its interference with the outdoor world must be analyzed?
  • Which model considers the walls inside the building for the penetration of the building (computation of indoor coverage)?
  • How is it possible to consider the interaction between macrocellular transmitters on hills in the environment of the city and the microcellular transmitters in the city? Pixel based propagation models (e.g. rural) will not be accurate enough in the city and the ray-optical models will not be able to predict such large areas required for the determination of the interference..

Each network planning engineer knows these problems and up to now there was no serious solution to solve the problem. But this gap is now closed - with WinProp's innovative CNP modules.

CNP Modules

  

CNP modules are available for two different scenarios:

 

Urban / Indoor and vice versa
Rural / Urban and vice versa
The transition between urban and indoor propagation models is very important for
  • the penetration of buildings
  • the analysis of the interference between indoor and outdoor transmitters.
WinProp offers now a very flexible interface to handle the transition from urban to indoor and vice versa.
The transition between rural and urban propagation models is very important fo
  • the coverage of urban urban city centers from transmitters located on hills outside the city
  • the coverage of rural areas outside the city with transmitters located in the city
  • the analysis of the interference between rural and urban transmitters.
WinProp offers now a very flexible interface to handle the transition from rural to urban and vice versa.
Supported propagation models:
  • 3D Intelligent Ray Tracing
  • Dominant Path Model
Supported propagation models:
  • Hata-Okumura
  • Dominant Path Model
  • 3D Intelligent Ray Tracing
More information can be found on the Urban / Indoor Combined Page.
More information can be found on the Rural / Urban Combined Page.

 

 

Download a document with a comparison of indoor prediction models.

Download a brochure with all indoor prediction models.

See a comparison between different indoor prediction models.
Read more about the Combined Urban / Indoor Module.
Read more about the Combined Rural / Urban Module.

 

 

 

Example prediction for combined indoor/urban scenario.

 

 

 

 

Combined Urban / Indoor

 

WinProp offers now a very flexible interface to handle the transition from urban to indoor and vice versa. More information can be found on the Combined Urban/Indoor Page.

Combined Rural / Urban

 

WinProp offers now a very flexible interface to handle the transition from rural to urban and vice versa. More information can be found on the Combined Rural / Urban Page.