Efficient Ray-Launching Method For 2D Indoor Propagation Analysis

Ryoichi SATO  Hiroshi SHIRAI 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics  Vol.E92-C  No.1  pp.40-45
Publication Date: 2009/01/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1353
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Recent Progress in Electromagnetic Theory and its Application)
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Keyword: 
ray-launching method,  shooting and bouncing rays,  collective ray,  complex refraction angle,  multiple reflections,  indoor propagation, 

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Summary: 
This paper presents an easy and efficient modification of simplified 2D ray-launching method, by approximately including multiple reflection effect inside walls for indoor environment. In order to precisely carry out the ray-launching procedure inside lossy wall, a simple modification using a true real refraction angle is first introduced, instead of complex one. Furthermore, an efficient approximation is carried out to collect the internal multiple reflected rays into the primary one. We here call it collective ray approach. Consequently, it is confirmed from the detailed considerations that the present ray representations obtained by introducing the real refraction angle are well suitable for indoor propagation analysis, and in particular the collective ray solution can be utilized confidently even when the internal reflections strongly contribute to the propagation feature of the considered indoor environment.