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ProMan
The ProMan component includes wave propagation models for different scenarios and network planning simulators for various air interfaces.
Results
Types of Results
View the available result types and the corresponding file extensions.

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.
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AMan
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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
- MIMO Analysis Through Post-Processing
- Results
  - Display of Results
  - Modification of Results
  - Evaluation of Results
  - Analysis of the Radio Channel
    Additional channel characteristics like channel impulse responses, spatial channel impulse responses and angular profiles can be displayed for user-defined locations in separate graphs.
  - Measurements
    The most important criterion to measure the performance of a prediction model is the accuracy. The accuracy of a prediction models can be analyzed by comparing simulation results with measurements.
  - Types of Results
    View the available result types and the corresponding file extensions.
    - Areas
    - Line-of-Sight
    - Multi Service Maps
    - Number of Received Carriers
    - Ray Data
    - Rx Power
    - Signal-to-Noise-and-Interference-Ratio (SNIR)
    - Tx Power
    - EMF/EMC Results
      The results for human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) and for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) are displayed in the tree, below the Propagation and Network results.
    - Doppler Analysis
      Doppler analysis is mainly used to obtain insight in the results of automotive radar simulations, where Doppler shift is critical in subsequent signal processing.
    - Signal Processing
      Produce a heat map and/or IQ Data with the same algorithms that FMCW signal processing equipment would use, to visualize the effects of limitations in such algorithms and/or optimize the parameters in such algorithms.
- 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.

Types of Results

View the available result types and the corresponding file extensions.

The section gives an overview of the available result types and the corresponding file extensions of ProMan.

Table 1. Wave propagation.
Result Type	File Extension
ASCII export of arbitrary result data	.txt
Delay spread	.fpd
Delay time	.fpt
Field strength	.fpf
Field strength (linear)	.fsl
Interactions	.fpi
Line-of-sight (LOS) condition	.los
Morpho loss	.fml
Path loss	.fpl
Power	.fpp
Ray data (ASCII format)	.str
Ray data (binary format)	.ray

Table 2. Radio network planning.
Result Type	File Extension
Active set size	.ast
Angular spread (BS)	.asb
Angular spread (MS)	.asm
ASCII export of arbitrary result data	.txt
Best server	.fpb
Channel capacity	.cap
Cell area	.cid
Coverage	.cov
Channel quality indicator (CQI)	.cqi
Data rate (downlink)	.dda
Data rate (uplink)	.dua
Eb / No (downlink)	.ebn
Eb / No (uplink)	.ebu
Ec / Nt (downlink)	.ecd
Ec / Nt (uplink)	.ecu
Exposure	.exp
Exposure field strength	.fse
Interference	.oif
Interference and noise power (downlink)	.din
Interference and noise power (uplink)	.uin
LMU	.sig
Localization 50m	.p05
Maximum field strength	.fpg
Maximum data rate (downlink)	.mdr
Maximum data rate (uplink)	.mdu
Maximum received downlink power	.fpm
Maximum throughput (downlink)	.mtd
Maximum throughput (uplink)	.mtu
MIMO streams (downlink)	.msd
MIMO streams (uplink)	.msu
Number of received carriers	.hho
Number of received sites	.sit
Number of received TRX	.fpn
Orthogonality	.ort
Power density	.pdy
Quality	.fpq
Reception probability	.rpb, .pro
Reference signal received power (RSRP)	.srp
Reference signal receive quality (RSRQ)	.srq
Received signal strength indication (RSSI)	.ssi
Rx power (BS)	.bsr
Rx power (MS)	.msp
Signal power	.spr
Signal-to-noise-ratio (downlink)	.snr
Signal-to-noise-ratio (uplink)	.snu
Signal-to-noise-and-interference-ratio	.fpc
Signal area	.sig
Site area	.sid
Soft handover	.sho
Spatial streams	.sps
Superposition field strength	.fpe
Superposition power	.fpa
Total received interference	.sin
Throughput (downlink)	.atd
Throughput (uplink)	.atu
Tx power (BS)	.bsp
Tx power (MS)	.mst
User distribution	.uds