Using Commercial Ray Tracing Software to Drive an Attenuator-Based Mobile WIreless Testbed

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dc.contributor.advisorJaja, Josephen_US
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Keith Richarden_US
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-06T07:16:12Z
dc.date.available2013-02-06T07:16:12Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractWe propose and build a prototype architecture for a laboratory-based mobile wireless testbed that uses highly detailed, site-specific channel models to dynamically configure a many-to-many analog channel emulator. Unlike similar systems that have used abstract channel models with few details from the physical environment, we take advantage of commercial ray tracing software and high-performance hardware to make realistic signal power and characteristics predictions in a highly detailed environment. The ray tracing results are used to program a many-to-many analog channel emulator. Using this system, we can conveniently, repeatedly, and realistically subject real wireless nodes to the effects of mobility. We use our prototype system and a detailed CAD model of the University of Maryland campus to compare field test measurements to measurements made from the same devices in the same physical scenario in the testbed. This thesis presents the design, implementation, and validation phases of the proposed mobile wireless testbed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/13556
dc.subject.pqcontrolledComputer engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledElectrical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledChannel Emulatoren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDTNen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRay Tracingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWireless Testbeden_US
dc.titleUsing Commercial Ray Tracing Software to Drive an Attenuator-Based Mobile WIreless Testbeden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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