Patent attributes
Aspects described herein provide a computer implemented radio frequency propagation simulation tool to allow the simulation of radio frequency propagation across a topographic area which has been very finely mapped in three dimensions to include possible obstructions to high frequency radio waves. A computer implemented RF propagation simulation tool may identify any possible obstructions one edge of which may lie in a simulated RF propagation path between two points, and apply an edge based RF diffraction model (a so-called “knife edge diffraction” model) thereto to simulate the RF propagation around the obstruction. In some aspects, a computer implemented RF propagation simulation tool may identify possible obstructions which in their entirety lie within the width of a simulated RF propagation path, and apply a further diffraction model (a so-called “shield diffraction” model) thereto to simulate the RF propagation around the obstruction. The results of the simulations of RF propagation can be graphically overlaid onto a map or other topographic image for display to a user.
