Ray Tracing for Wireless Communications

Overview

In this webinar, you learn about new capabilities in MATLAB for modeling and analyzing radio frequency (RF) propagation in urban or indoor environments using ray tracing techniques. You will learn how easy it is in MATLAB to visualize wireless scenarios and model communication links.  Practical demonstrations will show you how to quickly get started studying and visualizing RF scenarios.

Highlights

Highlights include:

• Virtual 3-D environment modeling for indoor and outdoor scenarios
• Configuring transmitter and receiver antennas and antenna arrays
• Incorporating effects of terrain, buildings, and atmospheric conditions
• Prediction of signal performance including multipath interference
• 5G Link-level simulation with ray tracing channel model 

About the Presenters

Timothy Bolton is a senior engineer and software developer for RF Propagation at MathWorks.  Prior to MathWorks, Timothy worked on research, development, test, and evaluation of antennas and RF communications systems at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport.  Timothy received a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sekhar Rajendran Sekharan is a Senior Application Engineer who works with the RF and Mixed-Signal Products Group at MathWorks. He specializes in Antenna Design, Propagation, High-Fidelity RF modeling, and Wireless System Level Simulation, addressing the specific needs and challenges of clients in the semiconductor and aerospace-defense industries. Prior to this role, he was an Assistant Professor in the ECE Department at RSET, India, and also worked in the wireless industry as an Engineer with Sasken Technologies Limited. Sekhar holds an M.Tech. degree in signal processing and control systems from NIT Hamirpur, India, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from SUNY Buffalo.