Home
Examples
The Altair installation directory contains a collection of examples that shows you WinProp concepts and essentials.
Databases, Antenna Patterns and Air Interfaces
Simple examples demonstrating databases, antenna patterns and air interfaces.
Antenna Patterns
Specify antenna patterns for accurate wave propagation modeling.

Welcome
Release Notes
See what's new in the latest release.
Get Started
The WinProp Getting Started Guide contains step-by-step instructions on how to get started with WinProp.
Examples
The Altair installation directory contains a collection of examples that shows you WinProp concepts and essentials.
- Databases, Antenna Patterns and Air Interfaces
  Simple examples demonstrating databases, antenna patterns and air interfaces.
  - Antenna Patterns
    Specify antenna patterns for accurate wave propagation modeling.
  - Databases, Indoor
    This example contains a collection of several indoor geometry databases and does not require any preprocessing.
  - Databases, Material Properties
    Assign material properties to objects (for example, buildings and walls) in databases.
  - Databases Rural Suburban
    Define topographies and land usage with a pixel database for rural and/or suburban usage.
  - Databases Urban
    Define topographies and land usage with a pixel database for urban usage.
  - Multiple Antenna Scenario Configuration (MASC)
    Consider nearby antenna structures' influence on the antenna radiation pattern.
  - Wireless Standards
    Define a wireless air interface for radio network planning.
- Propagation Projects
  Simple examples demonstrating propagation projects.
- Network Planning Projects
  View examples that demonstrate network planning projects.
- Time-Variant Projects
  Simple examples demonstrating time-variant projects.
- Satellites
  Simple examples demonstrating satellites.
Introduction to WinProp
WinProp is a complete suite of tools in the domain of wireless propagation and radio network planning. With applications ranging from satellite to terrestrial, from rural via urban to indoor radio links, WinProp’s innovative wave propagation models combine accuracy with short computation time.
Typical Workflow in WinProp
View the typical workflows when working with propagation simulations in specific scenarios, how to add a network planning to a propagation simulation, include a receiver pattern, set up a time-variant scenario, include multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) at both the base station and the mobile station, connectivity analysis of sensor networks and optimization.
WallMan
The WallMan component offers a convenient facility to generate and edit vector building databases.
TuMan
The TuMan tool enables you to generate and modify tunnel scenarios.
AMan
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).
Main Applications
In WinProp various air interfaces and applications are pre-defined: broadcasting, cellular, wireless access, WiFi, sensor networks, ICNIRP and EM compliance.
WinProp Utilities
The WinProp utilities consist of the Launcher utility and the Updater.
Appendix
Reference information is provided in the appendix.

Antenna Patterns

Specify antenna patterns for accurate wave propagation modeling.

Motivation

Radio network planning tools rely on accurate wave propagation models to predict the path loss between two arbitrary points. In addition to the interactions with objects and ground, the radiation patterns of the antennas used for the communication link influence the actual received power. Therefore, the antenna patterns must be described accurately within the radio network planning tool.

Antenna Patterns in AMan

This example contains several antenna patterns. The tool AMan (Antenna Manager) can be used to generate, visualize, and edit antenna patterns. Figure 1 shows the AMan antenna patterns, for example, the 3D pattern, the vertical plane view, and the horizontal plane view of the radiation pattern of a base-station sector antenna.

Figure 1. Visualization of the antenna pattern for Kathrein K739856.

File Formats

In the examples .apa files contain 3D patterns in ASCII format while .apb files contain 3D patterns in binary format. Sometimes only horizontal and vertical pattern cuts are available from antenna vendors or publications. AMan offers the capability to produce full 3D patterns from such input.

Many antenna manufacturers offer digital patterns of their antennas in the .msi data format. These patterns can directly be used with all WinProp components.

It should be mentioned that AMan and ProMan can import 3D antenna patterns from Feko, in .ffe format, directly.