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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.
WinProp Applications
Aerospace
WinProp is well suited to the analysis of airport radio coverage.

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.
- WinProp Overview
  WinProp is a comprehensive and leading simulation tool in the domain of wireless propagation and radio network planning.
- WinProp Applications
  - Automotive
    Evaluate antenna performance using a virtual-drive test in WinProp. Evaluate different car antenna configurations regarding receiving power and MIMO throughput.
  - Telecommunication
    WinProp's technologies make the tool applicable to the planing of both urban and indoor radio networks.
  - Wireless Sensors
    Wireless sensor networks consist of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions (for example, temperature, sound, vibration, pressure, motion or pollutants).
  - Railway
    WinProp can be used to evaluate the in-cabin radio coverage.
  - Aerospace
    WinProp is well suited to the analysis of airport radio coverage.
- WinProp Components
- How to Get Started
  If you are new to WinProp, take the following steps to learn about WinProp.
- About This Manual
  The WinProp User Guide is part of the WinProp documentation and is an extensive reference guide to using WinProp.
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.

Aerospace

WinProp is well suited to the analysis of airport radio coverage.

At airports, communication between aeroplanes and terminals are paramount to ensure the safety of people. WinProp is the leading tool to analyze the radio coverage within terminals and aeroplanes. It allows for the evaluation of different transmitter options and the resulting coverage situation as well as considering aeroplanes as obstacles when determining radio coverage.

Figure 1. Ray tracing between communication tower (on the left) and aeroplane and the radio coverage at the airport terminal (to the right).