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Analysis of Radio Communication Attenuation Using Geoprocessing Techniques

Authors:
Mehdi Mekni
Bernard Moulin

Keywords: Informed Virtual Geographic Environment (IVGE); Radio Signal Propagation; Line-Of-Sight; Multi- Agent Geo-Simulation (MAGS).

Abstract:
Multi-Agent Geo-Simulation (MAGS) aims to simulate phenomena involving a large number of autonomous situated actors (implemented as software agents) evolving and interacting within a Virtual representation of the Geographic Environment (VGE). A radio communication system is a typical complex dynamic phenomena where transmitter and receiver antennas are constantly constrained by the physical environment in which it they are deployed. In the real world, radio transmissions are subject to propagation effects which deeply affect the received signals because of geographic and environmental characteristics (foliage and vegetation, buildings, mountains and hills, etc.). Using geoprocessing techniques, we propose an automated approach to build semantically-informed and geometrically-accurate virtual geographic environments which uses Geographic Information System (GIS) data and builds an informed graph-based structure called Informed Virtual Geographic Environment (IVGE). In addition, we propose a multi-agent prototype to analyze the attenuation effect due to the radio signal’s traversal between antennas (simulated as software agents) through terrain shape, vegetation area, and buildings using a 3D line-of-sight computation technique.

Pages: 33 to 39

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: February 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-393X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-118-2

Location: Gosier, Guadeloupe, France

Dates: from February 23, 2011 to February 28, 2011