Wireless EM Propagation Software - Wireless InSite

Wireless InSite

3D Wireless Prediction Software

Wireless InSite® is a suite of RF propagation models, providing 3D ray-tracing, fast ray-based methods, and empirical models for the analysis of site-specific radio wave propagation and wireless communication systems. Through its combined modeling, simulation, and post-processing capabilities, it provides efficient and accurate predictions of EM propagation and communication channel characteristics in complex urban, indoor, rural and mixed path environments.

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Applications

Wireless InSite provides RF engineers with the tools to design wireless links, optimize antenna coverage, and assess key channel and signal characteristics for RF and millimeter wave frequency bands.

Outdoor mmWave Planning

Indoor mmWave Analysis

Beamforming Simulations

MIMO and Array Design for 5G

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Wireless InSite Features

Wireless InSite's unique collection of features gives users the ability to analyze even the most complex and massive propagation problems.

X3D Propagation Model X3D is a 3D propagation model with no restrictions on geometry shape or transmitter/receiver height. This accurate model includes reflections, transmissions and diffractions along with atmospheric absorption and diffuse scattering. Supports frequencies up to 100 GHz.

Antenna Modeling Import measured antenna patterns, simulated antennas from XFdtd, or create textbook antennas for use in SISO, MIMO and Massive MIMO transmitter and receivers. Include frequency-specific pattern data to improve accuracy when using multiple bands or performing frequency sweeps.

MIMO Beamforming & Spatial Multiplexing Simulate MIMO antennas for 5G, WiFi and other technologies. Detailed multipath and mutual coupling effects are used with MIMO techniques such as beamforming, spatial multiplexing, and diversity to predict key channel metrics for one or more MIMO data streams.

Communication Systems Analysis Calculate SINR, throughput, theoretical capacity, and bit error rate (BER) to visualize and assess wireless device performance.

Materials Define electrical properties down to the facet level. The installed materials database includes metal, earth, concrete, brick, wood, glass, etc. at various frequencies.

Engineered Electromagnetic Surfaces (EES) Model an EES or single configuration of a metasurface-based Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS), and evaluate how it modifies the propagation environment to improve connectivity.

Diffuse Scattering Capture effects of scattering on complex impulse response and received power (including cross-polarization) for mmWave applications.

Feature Import Support for KMZ, COLLADA, SHP, and DXF formats for building and object import. The Geospatial Abstraction Library is used for terrain import in DTED, DEM, and TIFF formats.

Geometry Caching Wireless InSite’s X3D Propagation Model automatically caches processed geometry for later use, avoiding geometry processing time when multiple concurrent or subsequent jobs are run with the same geometry.

Fast Ray-Based Methods 2D site-specific propagation models designed for urban and long-range rough terrain applications.

Empirical Propagation Models Suite of empirical models designed for urban and indoor analysis.

Outputs Users have quick access to outputs such as received power, propagation paths, path loss etc. These ASCII-based files can be plotted in the tool or easily post-processed externally.

Learning and Documentation

Application Examples

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Throughput of a 5G New Radio FD-MIMO System in an Urban Area Using Custom Beamforming

This example demonstrates how a custom beamforming table can be used to model downlink data rates from three MIMO base stations for 5G New Radio in a section of Boston.

WiFi Performance Simulation in a House with Two Routers

The following example investigates WiFi throughput coverage in a house provided by 802.11ac routers operating at 5 GHz using an 80 MHz bandwidth. The geometry for the house was imported from a CAD file and a flat terrain was placed underneath the house.

5G mmWave Channel Modeling with Diffuse Scattering in an Office Environment

The millimeter wave frequencies being planned for 5G systems pose challenges for channel modeling. At these frequencies, surface roughness impacts wave propagation, causing scatter in non-specular directions that can have a large effect on received signal strength and polarization. To accurately predict channel characteristics for millimeter wave frequencies, propagation modeling must account for diffuse scattering effects. Wireless InSite’s diffuse scattering capability is based on Degli-Esposti’s work.

5G Massive MIMO Outdoor Communications Analysis

In this example the signal transmission between a massive MIMO base station and a mobile device located in downtown Rosslyn is analyzed using Wireless InSite’s MIMO capability.

Modeling an Ad Hoc Network with Transceivers in an Urban Setting

Ad hoc peer-to-peer networks can provide reliable communications in emergency situations where fixed infrastructures, like base stations, may not be available. This example demonstrates Wireless InSite's Transceivers capability.

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Publications

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Ray-Optical Modeling of Wireless Coverage Enhancement using Engineered Electromagnetic Surfaces: Experimental Verification at 28 GHz

In this paper, results are presented of propagation experiments conducted to verify the accuracy of a novel ray-optical scattering model for EES.

A Fast Indoor Coverage Prediction Scheme at 60 GHz Based on Image Processing, Geometrical Optics, and Transport Theory

In this paper, we develop a fast and approximate prediction scheme for indoor path loss using digital image processing, geometrical optics and transport theory.

Optimization of 5G Infrastructure Deployment Through Machine Learning

The application of machine learning for optimal deployment of 5G infrastructure, such as the position and the orientation of the antenna that help achieve the best signal coverage, is investigated in this paper.

Assessing 5G Radar Altimeter Interference for Realistic Instrument Landing System Approaches

The safe rollout of new or enhanced 5G services using C-band spectrum near airports in 2022-2023 will require realistic modeling of radio propagation to mitigate potential interference with legacy radar altimeters which remain in operation as of summer 2022. In this whitepaper, we use Wireless InSite to provide a realistic assessment of radar altimeter interference due to emissions from 5G base stations along a landing approach to runway 27L of Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

mmWave Massive MIMO Beamforming in Dynamic, Urban Environments

This Microwave Journal article, which was contributed by Remcom, explores the effectiveness of massive MIMO beamforming at mitigating the challenges expected from using the expanse of spectrum available in the mmWave band. Specifically, it explores a use case involving our Wireless InSite EM propagation software and its mmWave hybrid beamformer capabilities to transmit data streams to a sedan driving in central Manhattan.

Mitigating Wave Scattering – Challenges Facing 5G Wireless Signal Propagation

The following article appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Focus on Materials, a quarterly bulletin produced by the Pennsylvania State University's Materials Research Institute. Professor Ram Narayanan of Penn State's College of Engineering worked with Remcom to produce a 5G millimeter wave coverage concept using existing AT&T towers in State College, PA, showing ray path predictions generated in Wireless InSite. Here Professor Narayanan discusses the challenges facing 5G signal propagation.

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Webinars

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Smart Home Device Design and WiFi Connectivity Using EM Simulation

This webinar demonstrates the strengths of Remcom’s XFdtd and Wireless InSite for designing and simulating smart home devices, analyzing propagation and beamforming capabilities, and assessing throughput performance of the devices via MIMO techniques.

Geometry Caching and Processing Optimizations in Wireless InSite

This webinar shows how geometry caching expedites repeated simulations within the same scene, such as with 5G small cell investigations, plus covers new optimizations that enable reductions in geometry processing times for urban and rural scenes.

Design and Assessment of a 5G Base Station Using Massive MIMO for Fixed Wireless Access

Fixed Wireless Access is a key application expected to benefit from 5G networks. This webinar demonstrates how modeling and simulation can be used to assist system designers, first in the design of a complex antenna array for a base station, and then to assess its potential performance in the field.

Beamforming Simulations to Evaluate Opportunities and Challenges for 5G mmWave and FD-MIMO

Millimeter wave bands create new opportunities for 5G, but they also introduce challenges for planning and performance. In this webinar, we use Wireless InSite MIMO to simulate FD-MIMO systems and review some of the real-world challenges that beamforming systems face in their attempts to gather accurate channel state information that is critical to their success.

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Videos

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Using Wireless InSite for Engineered Electromagnetic Surface Modeling

This short video clip demonstrates how Wireless InSite models engineered electromagnetic surfaces (EES) and compares coverage improvement with diffuser and grating EES placements on a glass window or a wall.

Constructive Interference at Work and Everyday Life

Tarun Chawla, Remcom's Director of Business Development, was a guest on the Sciencei Podcast. Tarun discussed the revolutionary technologies in wireless communications that have been developed during the past decades.

Wireless InSite Outdoor RF Propagation – Tutorial Series

In this video tutorial series, we walk through a step-by-step outdoor propagation analysis using Wireless InSite MIMO.

5G for Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 - Propagation in a Warehouse Environment

With the expansion of 5G NR for mobile connectivity, industrial and manufacturing applications such as robotics, IOT, and smart factories with automation come into play. Laying out a 5G network in complex and cluttered environments with several conductive surfaces can be challenging. Wireless InSite predicts the coverage and interference and accounts for the multipath in complex environments such as heavy-industrial factories, warehouses, server farms and more.