Geodesic Ray Tracing on Faceted Convex Surfaces for Co-Site Interference Prediction

摘要

An algorithm is proposed to identify geodesic rays between two antennas on a faceted electrically large convex conducting platform. The algorithm is based on launching numerous geodesic ray strips from a transmitting antenna in all directions and tracing them until a receiving antenna is reached or a predefined number of facets are traced. It was used to identify two geodesic rays between antennas on a faceted circular cylinder and a faceted ogive. The algorithm is required to predict co-site interference between antennas on an electrically large platform.