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ProMan
The ProMan component includes wave propagation models for different scenarios and network planning simulators for various air interfaces.
Network and Base Station Planning Projects
Local Settings
Adjust the display settings for the current project.
Palette Tab

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.
- Introduction to Propagation Manager (ProMan)
  Predict path loss between transmitter and receiver with ProMan. Perform network planning including the wireless standards (the air interfaces) and including multiple transmitters/receivers (multiple base stations).
- Propagation Projects
- Network and Base Station Planning Projects
  - Air Interfaces
  - Local Settings
    Adjust the display settings for the current project.
  - Site Settings
    View the different settings for sites.
  - Network Project
    View the network planning modules for 2G/2.5G, 3G/HSDPA/LTE, WLAN, WiMAX, TETRA networks that ProMan (Network) offers.
  - MIMO in Network Planning
- MIMO Analysis Through Post-Processing
- Results
- Addenda
- Parallel Processing
  Use parallel MPI processes to solve a problem efficiently using the standard ray tracing model (SRT).
- Default Shortcut Keys
  View the default shortcut keys available for ProMan for faster and easier operation.
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.

Palette Tab

Color Palette

ProMan can use different color palettes to visualize simulation results. The color palette to be used for the current result can be specified on the Palette tab of the Display settings dialog. On this dialog there are six predefined palettes. Besides this, you can define your palette.

Further display options are related to the drawing of result pixels as wire frames.

Figure 1. The Display Settings dialog, Palette tab.

Note: A local palette can not be selected if a user-defined palette is specified to be used for all results on the Legend tab of the Global settings dialog.

The following table shows the predefined color palettes of ProMan:

Table 1. Predefined color palettes in ProMan.
Mandatory Parameter	Description
Rainbow (bright)
Rainbow (dark)
CMR
Greyscale
Flower Power
Green Meadow

A user-defined color palette can be created or edited via the Data menu: Data > Color Palette (user defined) > New color palette (user defined) or Data > Color Palette (user defined) > Edit Color Palette (user defined).

Figure 2. The User defined color palette dialog.

The color for the 14 thresholds can be defined by clicking on the colorized rectangles and saved to file afterward. The user-defined color palette can be loaded by defining the corresponding file path on the Legend tab of the Global settings dialog. This color palette can be used as a default palette for all results (optionally).