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EE 671 Electromagnetic Theory and Applications. General Information. Instructor Zhengqing (ZQ) Yun, HCAC, College of Engineering Office: POST 201B Phone: 6-0759 Email: zyun@hawaii.edu Website http://www-ee.eng.hawaii.edu/~zqyun/courses/ee67118.html. General Information.
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General Information • Instructor Zhengqing (ZQ) Yun, HCAC, College of Engineering Office: POST 201B Phone: 6-0759 Email: zyun@hawaii.edu • Website http://www-ee.eng.hawaii.edu/~zqyun/courses/ee67118.html
General Information • Textbooks and references (optional) • Born & Wolf: Principles of Optics • Bertoni: Radio Propagation for Modern Wireless Systems • Balanis: Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics • Iskander: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves • Collin; Feynman; Ishimaru; Stratton; … • Handouts • Office hours • By appointment
General Information • Grading • Homework • Examinations (optional) • Projects
Contents • GEOMETRICAL OPTICS • High-frequency method: Solving BVP’s for high frequency scenarios • Ray concept • Fields associated with rays: spherical, cylindrical, plane waves • General wave front • UNIFORM THEORY OF DIFFRACTION (UTD) • Reflection, transmission/refraction • Diffraction, GTD • Uniform theory of diffraction (UTD) • Slope diffraction • Computer code for calculation of diffraction coefficients • INTRODUCTION • Wireless communications • Wireless channel • 5G wireless communications • Channel/propagation modeling: wireless system design • Course objective • MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS • Maxwell’s equations • Wave equations: plane wave solution and wave front • Boundary value problems (BVP): Differential equations, initial/ boundary conditions • Analytical and numerical methods
Contents • RAY TRACING METHODS • Image method • Shooting and bouncing ray (SBR) method: 2D • SBR: 3D; ray double counting • Hybrid method • Use of available programs • Challenges of ray tracing methods • ANTENNAS: AN INTRODUCTION • Radiation of an accelerating charge • Radiation from an infinitesimal current element; dipole antenna • Far field condition • Radiation pattern, directivity, gain • Antenna array • Reciprocity; effective area • PROPAGATION/CHANNEL MODELING AND PATH LOSS PREDICTION • Propagation modeling: small- and large-scale fading • Path loss/gain • Free space propagation model (Friis’ transmission equation) • Angle of arrival/departure • Power delay profile/spread • Statistical vs. deterministic models • 5G considerations; millimeter wave propagation • Computer programming languages and skills
Contents • MODELING THE ENVIRONMENTS • Geospatial resources • Terrain elevation data (SRTM) • Height profile • 3D buildings • Levels of detail • 2.5D buildings • Indoor environments • ACCELERATION OF RAY TRACING • Key ideas • Improvement/invention of ray tracing algorithms • Space division methods • Object division methods • Parallel methods • Levels of detail • Frequency sweeping