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Transmission Loss

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WallMan
The WallMan component offers a convenient facility to generate and edit vector building databases.
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TuMan
The TuMan tool enables you to generate and modify tunnel scenarios.
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Use AMan to generate, edit and analyze a single antenna. Superimpose multiple antennas radiating similar signals to determine the actual antenna pattern while taking into consideration the local environment.
ProMan
The ProMan component includes wave propagation models for different scenarios and network planning simulators for various air interfaces.
Methods
WinProp includes empirical and semi-empirical models (calibration with measurements possible), rigorous 3D ray-tracing models as well as the unique dominant path model (DPM).
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In WinProp various air interfaces and applications are pre-defined: broadcasting, cellular, wireless access, WiFi, sensor networks, ICNIRP and EM compliance.
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Transmission Loss

The field strength $\underline{E_{t}}$ of the transmitted wave is computed using the transmission factors and the field strength $\underline{E_{i}}$ of the incident wave:

\frac{E_{t}}{E_{i}} = | \underline{T_{12}} | \cdot | \underline{T_{21}} | \cdot | \underline{T_{2}} |

$| T_{12} |$ and $| \underline{T_{21}} |$ are caused by the transition from air to the material and the other way round, whereas $| \underline{T_{2}} |$ is caused when the wave penetrates through the material. The values are shown in columns N, O and P in the table. Additionally, column Q shows the product $| \underline{T_{12}} | \cdot | \underline{T_{21}} |$ , which is the contribution of the losses due to the transition into the material and the transition back to air.

The values are computed as follows¹:

| \underline{T_{12}} | = \frac{2}{\sqrt{1 + \sqrt{ε_{r}^{'}^{2} + ε_{r}^{''}^{2}} + 2 \cdot {(ε_{r}^{'}^{2} + ε_{r}^{''}^{2})}^{\frac{1}{4}} \cdot \cos (\frac{1}{2} \arctan \frac{ε_{r}^{'}}{ε_{r}^{''}})}}

| \underline{T_{21}} | = \frac{2 \cdot {(ε_{r}^{'}^{2} + ε_{r}^{''}^{2})}^{\frac{1}{4}}}{\sqrt{1 + \sqrt{ε_{r}^{'}^{2} + ε_{r}^{''}^{2}} + 2 \cdot {(ε_{r}^{'}^{2} + ε_{r}^{''}^{2})}^{\frac{1}{4}} \cdot \cos (\frac{1}{2} \arctan \frac{ε_{r}^{'}}{ε_{r}^{''}})}}

| \underline{T_{2}} | = e^{- 2 π \cdot f \cdot d \cdot \sqrt{\frac{μ_{0} \cdot ε_{0} \cdot ε_{r}^{'}}{2} (\sqrt{1 + {(\frac{ε_{r}^{''}}{ε_{r}^{'}})}^{2} - 1)}}}

The transmission loss is then computed as follows:

L_{T} = 20 \cdot \log (| \underline{T_{12}} | \cdot | \underline{T_{21}} | \cdot | \underline{T_{2}} |)

¹ O. Michler and M. Strey: DAB- Indoor- Versorgung im L- Band. Eine Studie im Auftrag der Sächsischen Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (DAB Indoor Coverage in the L-Band). April 1998