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  Re: Usage of Povray for Raytracing of Radio Wave Propagation  
From: clipka
Date: 16 Jan 2014 03:39:14
Message: <52d79ab2@news.povray.org>
Am 16.01.2014 08:31, schrieb pfefferk:
> Hello everyone!
>
> My field of research makes it necessary to build site-specific propagation
> models for indoor wireless communication. Unfortunately - to my knowledge - no
> open source raytracing engine currently exists.
>
> Would it be possible to use POV-Ray to predict for example signal strength/delay
> for an indoor scenario? If not, what would be necessary to achieve this?

I suspect that at the frequencies involved, the wavelike nature of the 
electromagnetic radiation becomes too much of an issue to simulate its 
propagation by means of raytracing. If that is the case, then POV-Ray is 
a poor starting point for what you're trying to achieve.


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