Opal: An open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization

Accurate characterization and simulation of electromagnetic propagation can be obtained by ray-tracing methods, which are based on a high frequency approximation to the Maxwell equations and describe the propagating field as a set of propagating rays, reflecting, diffracting and scattering over envi...

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Autores principales:	Esteban Egea-Lopez, Jose Maria Molina-Garcia-Pardo, Martine Lienard, Pierre Degauque
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e56d41faa8ac4e70b5969503aa9076412021-11-25T06:19:47ZOpal: An open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/e56d41faa8ac4e70b5969503aa9076412021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8598032/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Accurate characterization and simulation of electromagnetic propagation can be obtained by ray-tracing methods, which are based on a high frequency approximation to the Maxwell equations and describe the propagating field as a set of propagating rays, reflecting, diffracting and scattering over environment elements. However, this approach has been usually too computationally costly to be used in large and dynamic scenarios, but this situation is changing thanks the increasing availability of efficient ray-tracing libraries for graphical processing units. In this paper we present Opal, an electromagnetic propagation simulation tool implemented with ray-tracing on graphical processing units, which is part of the Veneris framework. Opal can be used as a stand-alone ray-tracing simulator, but its main strength lies in its integration with the game engine, which allows to generate customized 3D environments quickly and intuitively. We describe its most relevant features and provide implementation details, highlighting the different simulation types it supports and its extension possibilites. We provide application examples and validate the simulation on demanding scenarios, such as tunnels, where we compare the results with theoretical solutions and further discuss the tradeoffs between the simulation types and its performance.Esteban Egea-LopezJose Maria Molina-Garcia-PardoMartine LienardPierre DegauquePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Esteban Egea-Lopez Jose Maria Molina-Garcia-Pardo Martine Lienard Pierre Degauque Opal: An open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization
description	Accurate characterization and simulation of electromagnetic propagation can be obtained by ray-tracing methods, which are based on a high frequency approximation to the Maxwell equations and describe the propagating field as a set of propagating rays, reflecting, diffracting and scattering over environment elements. However, this approach has been usually too computationally costly to be used in large and dynamic scenarios, but this situation is changing thanks the increasing availability of efficient ray-tracing libraries for graphical processing units. In this paper we present Opal, an electromagnetic propagation simulation tool implemented with ray-tracing on graphical processing units, which is part of the Veneris framework. Opal can be used as a stand-alone ray-tracing simulator, but its main strength lies in its integration with the game engine, which allows to generate customized 3D environments quickly and intuitively. We describe its most relevant features and provide implementation details, highlighting the different simulation types it supports and its extension possibilites. We provide application examples and validate the simulation on demanding scenarios, such as tunnels, where we compare the results with theoretical solutions and further discuss the tradeoffs between the simulation types and its performance.
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author	Esteban Egea-Lopez Jose Maria Molina-Garcia-Pardo Martine Lienard Pierre Degauque
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title	Opal: An open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization
title_short	Opal: An open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization
title_full	Opal: An open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization
title_fullStr	Opal: An open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization
title_full_unstemmed	Opal: An open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization
title_sort	opal: an open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/e56d41faa8ac4e70b5969503aa907641
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Opal: An open source ray-tracing propagation simulator for electromagnetic characterization

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