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STANDARD RM MODEL IN ATDI TOOLS

PROPAGATION MODEL
STANDARD RM MODEL in
ATDI tools

ADVANCED
TOPOGRAPHIC
DEVELOPMENT
& IMAGES
SOFTWARE DESIGNERS: P & D MISSUD

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STANDARD RM MODEL IN ATDI TOOLS

2014: ATDI integrates its RM-Standard model in its tools

It took more than 20 years of research and development and more than 50 iterations of
implementation in ICS telecom to develop the Standard-RM propagation model that is
faithful to Fresnel’s theory (for frequencies > 30 MHz). The finalized model has been verified
with hundreds of thousands of field measurements.

Standard-RM should be used with 525+Deygout94

Standard-RM includes the Fresnel complex integral, diffraction (2D and 3D), Ducting,
troposcattering, climate, reflections, refraction and scattering…

Since 1988 many different diffraction calculation methods have been implemented (Epstein
Peterson, Bullington and Deygout). All these methods have one common point: They do not
take into account the effects of multiple paths summed up together at a given point at a
given frequency. This aspect can be accounted for in various ways as in the following
models:

• Propagation curves CCIR/ITU (370, 1546) with the notion of effective height
• Okumura-Hata with the notion of effective height
• Wojnar or Deygout (94) with FPL (fourth-power law)
• Durkin (with the slope factor corrections altering the fundamental model)
• Two-ray plane earth models
• Longley Rice (ITM)
• Delta-Bullington

The ITU-R P.526-13 recommendation offers a “sub-path” diffraction calculation method


inspired by our different models. In this model, the Fresnel integral is approximately treated
and thus is incomplete. However, it shows that for a deterministic approach of propagation
the Fresnel model should be considered.

The released version yet incorporates so far FPL + Deygout diffraction, and we only use this
to determine the minimum attenuation. Once we have finished checking the new model
with measurements, it will become redundant.

This model entirely depends on the input data: Terrain model quality and accuracy of
emission and reception parameters. We noticed that unlike most models which are more
“permissive”, an approximate antenna pattern highly reduces the correlation. In addition, its
sensitivity to the accuracy of terrain data requires new cartographic datasets. It also requires
the consideration of attenuation due to vegetation with an absorption model.

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STANDARD RM MODEL IN ATDI TOOLS

To conclude, this model does not give “better” results than another if it is used with data of
medium quality. It is faithful to the physics of waves. When used with qualified cartographic
dataset we observed a standard deviation of errors lower than 2.5 dB instead of 3.2 / 3.4 dB
with the previous implementations.

Advantages:

• End of approximations!
• A pure model faithful to the geometry of the terrain
• Allow the true validation of the parameters of a plan

Disadvantages:

• Long computation time


• Requires an accurate and reliable terrain model
• Requires the actual transmitters parameters

Applications:

• Propagation prediction above 30 MHz


• A reference model for comparison

Base model:

• Fresnel Integrals
• Diffraction (GTD, 2D, 3D)
• Subpath switching (for compatibility with all the diffraction methods)

Support:

• Troposcattering
• Ducting (multi-layers)
• Mixed path
• Gas attenuation
• Rain attenuation
• Slant path
• Scattering
• Absorption
• Reflection (2D, 3D)
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STANDARD RM MODEL IN ATDI TOOLS

• Gradient
• Fog
• Snow
• Clutters and buildings (flat attenuations, dB/km attenuations, mixed
diffraction/absorption…)
• Outdoor, Outdoor/Indoor, Indoor, 2D 1/2 and 3D terrain models
• Coverage calculation, Point to Point and Point to Multi-Points, Path budget
• Clutter tuning

(Available in ICS telecom, ICS designer, ICS LT and HTZ warfare)

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