Augmented Visualisation of Radio Path Propagation

Computational electromagnetic (CEM) simulations are an important tool in the deployment and development of wireless communications. By utilising a MATLAB-based CEM simulator this thesis aims to develop and expand the simulation toolboxes for visualising radio path propagation with a focus on indoor environment and using new technologies such as virtual reality (VR). The vision is to be able to find new ways of exploring radio deployments to find their strengths and weaknesses in different environments. The goal of the work is to create a visualisation application using Unreal Engine that can interface with the MATLAB-based CEM simulator. The developed application can interpret spatial simulation-domains, ray-tracing/path propagation data, and scalar fields. In addition, the application can construct 3D-worlds from the spatial data and display radio path propagation in VR. Values for scalar fields can be viewed when selecting specific parameters, however, potential improvements will allow for the visualisation of entire scalar fields. There are many opportunities for future work from this thesis, both immediate small improvements and larger feature additions