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Swiss-Armed-Forces / openburst

Software framework for the development and testing of sensor coverage and real-time air target detection analysis.
https://openburst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Comparison with Wireless Insite #3

Closed hasantahir closed 1 week ago

hasantahir commented 1 week ago

Hi @z-mathews

Not related to the JOSS Review.

As someone who has heavily used Wireless Insite to observe electromagnetic scattering in a built-up region that was also imported from Open Street Map, I wanted to seek your thoughts on openburst being used in built environment in the context of cellular communication coverage.

Thanks, Hasan

z-mathews commented 1 week ago

Hi @hasantahir Thank you for your input. Currently, as you know, openBURST uses Splat! for propagataion modelling. Splat! allows configuring typical earth dielectric and conductivity values and radio climate codes for different scenarios. See: https://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/splat.pdf Depending on your needed precision, a sophisticated clutter model for built environments might be necessary rather than the generic model for a city provided by Splat!. Anyways, it will be an interesting project to extend openBURST with a built environment coverage server module for cellular coverage. It could make an interesting student project as far as I can judge.

hasantahir commented 1 week ago

Thanks for sharing your insights. Indeed it will be an interesting student project to explore. Let me find some :-).

Cheers

z-mathews commented 1 week ago

@hasantahir an earlier version of openBurst was extended with a new PCL module by a student project in a few months. The modular design helps performing such extensions without affecting existing modules. We would be happy to see if we can support the student with the cellular coverage module extension. Cheers.