RadioPlan CoveragePlots

Radio plan coverage plots

The coverage data for the radios assigned to IMariaRadioPlanLayer.IRadioCoverage is used when rendering the coverage plot.

The various coverage plots are controlled with IMariaRadioPlanLayer.IRadioCoverage.PlotType

Currently the following plot types are supported

public enum PlotType
{
    SignalLevelDbm,
    PathLossDb,
    FieldStrengthDbuVm,
    LineOfSightToAny,
    LineOfSightToAll,
    CoverageRedundancy,
    DominantRadio,
    DominantRadioNet,
    LeastSignalLevelDbm,
}

Signal Level

This plot show the estimated received signal level in area. If coverage data from more then 1 radio is used, it will show the strongest estimated received signal level for any radio.

Unit used is dBm.

Signal level plot

Path loss

This plot shows the estimated path loss from a radio to the area. The value includes the antenna gain of the transmitting radio. If more that 1 radio is used, it will show the least path loss for any radio .

Unit used is dB.

FieldStrength

This plot show the estimated field strength from a radio to the area. This value is proportional with signal level. If more than 1 radio is used, it will show the highest value for any radio.

Unit used is dBµV/m.

Line of sight to any

This plot shows areas with line of sight to a single radio, or any of the radios. Different colour indicate how many radios area has line-of-sight to.

Unitless.

Line of sight to all

This plot shows areas with line of sight to a single radios, or all of the radios. Different colour indicate how many radios area has line-of-sight to.

Unitless.

Coverage redundancy

This plot estimates the number of radios that has a received signal level in area above a selected thresold. Different numbers have different colours.

Unitless counter.

Dominant radio

This plot shows the dominance area of a radio with a distinct colour. The dominance area is the area where a radio has the highest estimated received signal level of all selected radios.

Dominant radio not

This plot shows the dominance area of a radionet with a distinct colour for radio net. The dominance area is the area where a radio net has the highest estimated received signal level of all selected radios.

This plot is similar to Dominant radio, with the exception that all radios in a radionet is shown with same colour.

Least signal level

This plot shows the lowest estimated received signal level in area for any of the selected radios. This shows connectivity possibilites in area to all radios of interes.