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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Muzaffer Kanaan, Brighton, MA (US);
Pablo A. Vicharelli, Carlisle, MA (US);
Pete A. Boyer, Somerville, MA (US);
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A computing system ( ) provides a network designer with a mechanism for adaptively predicting the propagation of a radio wave ( ) along radials ( ) emanating from a base station ( ) in a wireless communication environment ( ). The computing system ( ) includes executable code in the form of a propagation prediction process ( ). The propagation prediction process ( ) selects segments ( ) of a selected one of the radials ( ) on a per segment basis and ascertains a propagation environment ( ) through which the selected segment ( ) traverses. The process ( ) chooses, in response to a switching parameter ( ), a propagation model ( ) from a collection of propagation models ( ) that is best suited for predicting the propagation of the radio wave ( ) at the selected segment ( ).