ParabolicAntenna¶

Package: inet.physicallayer.wireless.common.antenna

compound module ParabolicAntenna

Defines an antenna based on a parabolic approximation of the main lobe radiation pattern. A similar model appears in

George Calcev and Matt Dillon, “Antenna Tilt Control in CDMA Networks” in Proc. of the 2nd Annual International Wireless Internet Conference (WICON), 2006

although the latter also addresses the elevation plane, which the present model doesn’t.

Inheritance diagram¶

Extends¶

Name	Type	Description
AntennaBase	compound module	Serves as the base module for antenna models.

Parameters¶

Name	Type	Default value	Description
displayStringTextFormat	string	“”	Determines the text that is written on top of the submodule, supports displaying pars, watches, and module-specific information
mobilityModule	string		The path to the mobility module relative to this module, only used if no mobility submodule is present
numAntennas	int	1	The number of antennas in the antenna array
maxGain	double		Maximum gain of the antenna radiation pattern
minGain	double		Minimum gain of the antenna radiation pattern
beamWidth	double		3dB beam width

Properties¶

Name	Value	Description
class	ParabolicAntenna
display	i=device/antennatower

Source code¶

//
// Defines an antenna based on a parabolic approximation of the main lobe radiation
// pattern. A similar model appears in
//
// George Calcev and Matt Dillon, "Antenna Tilt Control in CDMA Networks"
// in Proc. of the 2nd Annual International Wireless Internet Conference (WICON), 2006
//
// although the latter also addresses the elevation plane, which the present model doesn't.
//
module ParabolicAntenna extends AntennaBase
{
    parameters:
        double maxGain @unit(dB);    // Maximum gain of the antenna radiation pattern
        double minGain @unit(dB);    // Minimum gain of the antenna radiation pattern
        double beamWidth @unit(deg); // 3dB beam width
        @class(ParabolicAntenna);
}

File: src/inet/physicallayer/wireless/common/antenna/ParabolicAntenna.ned