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Appendix
Reference information is provided in the appendix.
Application Programming Interface (API)
The WinProp API enables you to run WinProp simulations from within other software.
Application Programming Interface (API)
The WinProp API enables you to run WinProp simulations from within other software.
WinProp Wave Propagation Interface
Functions for Topography

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.
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.
- Application Programming Interface (API)
  The WinProp API enables you to run WinProp simulations from within other software.
  - Scripts and Application Programming Interface (API)
    The WinProp application programming interface (API) enables flexible integration into other software tools or post-processing tools.
  - Application Programming Interface (API)
    The WinProp API enables you to run WinProp simulations from within other software.
- FAQ
  A collection of frequently asked questions (FAQ) relating to advanced concepts are included.
- Summary of Files
  WinProp creates and uses many different file types. It is useful to know what is stored in the various files and weather they were created by WinProp and if it is safe to delete them. The files are grouped as either native files that have been created by WinProp or non-native files that are supported by WinProp. Non-native files are often exported by WinProp even if the formats are not under the control of the WinProp development team.

Functions for Topography

Function List

InterfaceTopoInit: Initialise topography structure of Interface
InterfaceTopoAlloc: Memory allocation for topography structure of Interface
InterfaceTopoCopy: Copy topography structure of Interface
InterfaceTopoFree: Free topography structure of Interface
InterfaceTopoWriteASCII: Write topography database to ASCII *.asc file in grid format.
InterfaceTopoWriteASCIILine: Write topography database to ASCII *.asc file in line format.

Function Details

void InterfaceTopoInit(TOPOGRAPHY * topo)

Description

Initialise topography structure of Interface

Parameters

TOPOGRAPHY * topo: Topography data.

Returns None

int InterfaceTopoAlloc(int nbrColumns, int nbrLines, TOPOGRAPHY * topo)

Description

Memory allocation for topography structure of Interface

Parameters

int nbrColumns: Number of columns.
int nbrLines: Number of lines.
TOPOGRAPHY * topo: Topography data structure.

Returns An integer: 0 = success, failure otherwise.

int InterfaceTopoCopy(TOPOGRAPHY * copy, const TOPOGRAPHY * source)

Description

Copy topography structure of Interface

Parameters

TOPOGRAPHY * copy: Copy of topography data.
const TOPOGRAPHY * source: Source topography data.

Returns An integer: 0 = success, failure otherwise.

void InterfaceTopoFree(TOPOGRAPHY * topo)

Description

Free topography structure of Interface

Parameters

TOPOGRAPHY * topo: Topography data to be freed.

Returns None

int InterfaceTopoWriteASCII(TOPOGRAPHY * topo, const char * databaseName)

Description

Write topography database to ASCII *.asc file in grid format.

Parameters

TOPOGRAPHY * topo: Non-null, the topography structure.
const char * databaseName: Filepath for output file.

Returns An int - 0 on success, !0 on failure.

int InterfaceTopoWriteASCIILine(TOPOGRAPHY * topo, const char * databaseName)

Description

Write topography database to ASCII *.asc file in line format.

Parameters

TOPOGRAPHY * topo: Non-null, the topography structure.
const char * databaseName: Filepath for output file.

Returns An int - 0 on success, !0 on failure.

The documentation was generated from the following file:

source/Public/Interface/Topo.h