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  Re: Usage of Povray for Raytracing of Radio Wave Propagation  
From: Alain
Date: 17 Jan 2014 21:13:11
Message: <52d9e337$1@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.
>

In that case, a wave tank simulation could be a better tool.
Another possibility could be some acoustic propagation simulator.


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