// radio.hxx -- FGRadio: class to manage radio propagation // // Written by Adrian Musceac YO8RZZ, started August 2011. // // This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or // modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as // published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the // License, or (at your option) any later version. // // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but // WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU // General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software // Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. #ifndef __cplusplus # error This library requires C++ #endif #include <simgear/compiler.h> #include <simgear/structure/subsystem_mgr.hxx> #include <deque> #include <Main/fg_props.hxx> #include <simgear/math/sg_geodesy.hxx> #include <simgear/debug/logstream.hxx> #include "antenna.hxx" using std::string; class FGRadioTransmission { private: double _receiver_sensitivity; double _transmitter_power; double _tx_antenna_height; double _rx_antenna_height; double _rx_antenna_gain; double _tx_antenna_gain; double _rx_line_losses; double _tx_line_losses; double _terrain_sampling_distance; int _polarization; std::map<string, double[2]> _mat_database; SGPropertyNode *_root_node; int _propagation_model; /// 0 none, 1 round Earth, 2 ITM double polarization_loss(); /*** Implement radio attenuation * based on the Longley-Rice propagation model * ground_to_air: 0 for air to ground 1 for ground to air, 2 for air to air, 3 for pilot to ground, 4 for pilot to air * @param: transmitter position, frequency, flag to indicate if the transmission is from a ground station * @return: signal level above receiver treshhold sensitivity ***/ double ITM_calculate_attenuation(SGGeod tx_pos, double freq, int ground_to_air); /*** a simple alternative LOS propagation model (WIP) * @param: transmitter position, frequency, flag to indicate if the transmission is from a ground station * @return: signal level above receiver treshhold sensitivity ***/ double LOS_calculate_attenuation(SGGeod tx_pos, double freq, int ground_to_air); /*** Calculate losses due to vegetation and urban clutter (WIP) * We are only worried about clutter loss, terrain influence * on the first Fresnel zone is calculated in the ITM functions * @param: frequency, elevation data, terrain type, horizon distances, calculated loss * @return: none ***/ void calculate_clutter_loss(double freq, double itm_elev[], std::deque<string*> &materials, double transmitter_height, double receiver_height, int p_mode, double horizons[], double &clutter_loss); /*** Temporary material properties database * @param: terrain type, median clutter height, radiowave attenuation factor * @return: none ***/ void get_material_properties(string* mat_name, double &height, double &density); public: FGRadioTransmission(); ~FGRadioTransmission(); /// a couple of setters and getters for convenience, call after initializing /// frequency is in MHz, sensitivity in dBm, antenna gain and losses in dB, transmitter power in dBm /// polarization can be: 0 horizontal, 1 vertical void setFrequency(double freq, int radio); double getFrequency(int radio); inline void setTxPower(double txpower) { _transmitter_power = txpower; }; inline void setRxSensitivity(double sensitivity) { _receiver_sensitivity = sensitivity; }; inline void setTxAntennaHeight(double tx_antenna_height) { _tx_antenna_height = tx_antenna_height; }; inline void setRxAntennaHeight(double rx_antenna_height) { _rx_antenna_height = rx_antenna_height; }; inline void setTxAntennaGain(double tx_antenna_gain) { _tx_antenna_gain = tx_antenna_gain; }; inline void setRxAntennaGain(double rx_antenna_gain) { _rx_antenna_gain = rx_antenna_gain; }; inline void setTxLineLosses(double tx_line_losses) { _tx_line_losses = tx_line_losses; }; inline void setRxLineLosses(double rx_line_losses) { _rx_line_losses = rx_line_losses; }; inline void setPropagationModel(int model) { _propagation_model = model; }; inline void setPolarization(int polarization) { _polarization = polarization; }; /// static convenience functions for unit conversions static double watt_to_dbm(double power_watt); static double dbm_to_watt(double dbm); static double dbm_to_microvolt(double dbm); /*** Receive ATC radio communication as text * transmission_type: 0 for air to ground 1 for ground to air, 2 for air to air, 3 for pilot to ground, 4 for pilot to air * @param: transmitter position, frequency, ATC text, flag to indicate whether the transmission comes from an ATC groundstation * @return: none ***/ void receiveATC(SGGeod tx_pos, double freq, string text, int transmission_type); /*** TODO: receive multiplayer chat message and voice * @param: transmitter position, frequency, ATC text, flag to indicate whether the transmission comes from an ATC groundstation * @return: none ***/ void receiveChat(SGGeod tx_pos, double freq, string text, int transmission_type); /*** TODO: receive navaid * @param: transmitter position, frequency, flag * @return: signal level above receiver treshhold sensitivity ***/ double receiveNav(SGGeod tx_pos, double freq, int transmission_type); /*** Call this function to receive an arbitrary signal * for instance via the Nasal radioTransmission() function * returns the signal value above receiver sensitivity treshhold * @param: transmitter position, object heading in degrees (for antenna), object pitch angle in degrees * @return: signal level above receiver treshhold sensitivity ***/ double receiveBeacon(SGGeod &tx_pos, double heading, double pitch); };