//! Free space propagation. //! //! 自由空间传播。 use crate::decibel::Decibel; use crate::gain::Gain; use apsis_core::constant::SPEED_OF_LIGHT; use core::f64::consts::PI; /// Returns the wavelength of a frequency in vacuum, in meters. /// /// The relation is `lambda = c / f`, with `c` exact by the definition of the /// metre. /// /// Returns `None` when the frequency is not positive and finite. /// /// 返回某频率在真空中的波长,单位为米。 /// /// 关系为 `lambda = c / f`,其中 `c` 依米的定义是精确的。 /// /// 频率非正且非有限时返回 `None`。 pub fn wavelength(frequency: f64) -> Option { if frequency > 0.0 && frequency.is_finite() { Some(SPEED_OF_LIGHT / frequency) } else { None } } /// Returns the free space path loss between two isotropic antennas, as a /// ratio in decibels. /// /// The ratio is positive, so it represents a loss: the received power is the /// transmitted power divided by this ratio. The relation is /// /// ```text /// L = (4 pi d / lambda)^2 /// ``` /// /// which is the spreading loss of a spherical wave over a distance `d` /// combined with the effective aperture of an isotropic receive antenna. /// /// The loss grows with frequency at a fixed distance, because the effective /// aperture of the receive antenna falls as the square of the wavelength. /// /// The distance must be positive. A zero distance is not a case this /// expression covers: the ratio would be zero, which is infinite attenuation /// in decibels, and the underlying far field assumption does not hold. /// /// Returns `None` when the distance is not positive, or when either argument /// is not finite. /// /// 返回两个各向同性天线之间的自由空间路径损耗,以分贝比值表示。 /// /// 该比值为正,故表示一种损耗:接收功率是发射功率除以该比值。关系为 /// /// ```text /// L = (4 pi d / lambda)^2 /// ``` /// /// 它是球面波在距离 `d` 上的扩散损耗与各向同性接收天线有效孔径的 /// 结合。 /// /// 固定距离下损耗随频率增大,因为接收天线的有效孔径按波长的平方下降。 /// /// 距离必须为正。零距离不是本式所涵盖的情形:比值会为零,即以分贝计的 /// 无穷衰减,且其背后的远场假定不成立。 /// /// 距离非正,或任一参数非有限时返回 `None`。 pub fn free_space_path_loss(distance: f64, frequency: f64) -> Option { if !distance.is_finite() || distance <= 0.0 { return None; } let lambda = wavelength(frequency)?; let ratio = 4.0 * PI * distance / lambda; Decibel::from_ratio(ratio * ratio) } /// Returns the received power ratio between two antennas in free space. /// /// The received power is the transmitted power multiplied by the two antenna /// gains and divided by the free space path loss, which in decibels is the /// sum /// /// ```text /// P_r / P_t = G_t G_r / L /// ``` /// /// The result is the ratio in decibels, so a positive value means the /// receive antenna collects more than was transmitted, which happens when /// the two gains exceed the spreading loss. /// /// Returns `None` when the distance or frequency is not usable. /// /// 返回自由空间两个天线之间的接收功率比。 /// /// 接收功率是发射功率乘以两个天线增益、再除以自由空间路径损耗,以分贝 /// 表示即 /// /// ```text /// P_r / P_t = G_t G_r / L /// ``` /// /// 结果是分贝比值,故正值意味着接收天线收集到的多于所发射的,这在两个 /// 增益超过扩散损耗时发生。 /// /// 距离或频率不可用时返回 `None`。 pub fn free_space_received_ratio( distance: f64, frequency: f64, transmitter: Gain, receiver: Gain, ) -> Option { let loss = free_space_path_loss(distance, frequency)?; let transmitter = transmitter.as_decibel()?; let receiver = receiver.as_decibel()?; Some(transmitter + receiver - loss) }