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Main Applications
In WinProp various air interfaces and applications are pre-defined: broadcasting, cellular, wireless access, WiFi, sensor networks, ICNIRP and EM compliance.
Satellite Communication

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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.
- Propagation
- Network Analysis for Mobile Communication
  Use network analysis for the planning of the locations of base stations.
- Virtual Drive Test (Evaluation of Antenna Configuration)
- Vehicle-to-X Communication and Automotive Radar
- Satellite Communication
WinProp Utilities
The WinProp utilities consist of the Launcher utility and the Updater.
Appendix
Reference information is provided in the appendix.

Satellite Communication

Satellite communication is not really a separate application, but deserves separate mention. In addition to transmitters being terrestrial, they can be mounted on satellites. Geostationary satellites are defined by their height (for example, 36 000 km) and their longitude. All LEOs (low earth orbit constellations) and navigation satellites are described either by the two line element method or for the GPS satellites by the data provided in the Almanac data sets. ProMan offers the possibility to define a time (UTC time) and a location on the globe (coordinates of location in an arbitrary UTM zone, based on WGS 84 coordinate datum) - and then the location of the satellites relative to this location are computed by ProMan automatically. Antenna gains for the satellite transmitters are considered in the path loss predictions.

The satellite radio transmission to the mobile terminal is strongly affected by the variation of the received signal power because of the presence of fading phenomena (large-scale fading due to obstacles and small-scale fading due to multipath propagation). Multipath propagation arises from signal reflection and diffraction on obstacles. In satellite communications, the received signal is usually the superposition of two components: a main path and a summation of time-delayed scattered paths.