circular-aperture-antenna-model.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2022 University of Padova, Dep. of Information Engineering, SIGNET lab.
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * Author: Mattia Sandri <mattia.sandri@unipd.it>
 */
 
#ifndef CIRCULAR_APERTURE_ANTENNA_MODEL_H
#define CIRCULAR_APERTURE_ANTENNA_MODEL_H
 
#include "antenna-model.h"
 
#include <ns3/object.h>
 
/**
 * \file
 * \ingroup antenna
 * Class CircularApertureAntennaModel declaration
 */
 
namespace ns3
{
/**
 * \brief Circular Aperture Antenna Model
 *
 * This class implements the circular aperture antenna as described in 3GPP 38.811 6.4.1
 * https://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/38_series/38.811 without the cosine approximation, thanks
 * to the Bessel functions introduced in C++17. Spherical coordinates are used, in particular of the
 * azimuth and inclination angles. All working parameters can be set, namely: operating frequency,
 * aperture radius, maximum and minimum gain.
 * Since Clang libc++ does not support the Mathematical special functions (P0226R1) yet, this class
 * falls back to Boost's implementation of cyl_bessel_j whenever the above standard library is in
 * use. If neither is available in the host system, this class is not compiled.
 */
class CircularApertureAntennaModel : public AntennaModel
{
  public:
    CircularApertureAntennaModel() = default;
    ~CircularApertureAntennaModel() override = default;
 
    /**
     * Register this type.
     * \return The object TypeId.
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the antenna aperture radius
     *
     * Sets the antenna operating frequency, asserting that
     * the provided value is within the acceptable range [0, +inf[.
     *
     * \param aMeter the strictly positive antenna radius in meters
     */
    void SetApertureRadius(double aMeter);
 
    /**
     * \brief Return the antenna aperture radius
     *
     * \return the antenna radius in meters
     */
    double GetApertureRadius() const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the antenna operating frequency.
     *
     * Sets the antenna operating frequency, asserting that
     * the provided value is within the acceptable range [0, +inf[.
     *
     * \param freqHz the strictly positive antenna operating frequency, in Hz
     */
    void SetOperatingFrequency(double freqHz);
 
    /**
     * \brief Return the antenna operating frequency
     *
     * \return the antenna operating frequency, in Hz
     */
    double GetOperatingFrequency() const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the antenna max gain
     *
     * \param gainDb the antenna max gain in dB
     */
    void SetMaxGain(double gainDb);
 
    /**
     * \brief Return the antenna max gain
     *
     * \return the antenna max gain in dB
     */
    double GetMaxGain() const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the antenna min gain
     *
     * \param gainDb the antenna min gain in dB
     */
    void SetMinGain(double gainDb);
 
    /**
     * \brief Return the antenna min gain
     *
     * \return the antenna min gain in dB
     */
    double GetMinGain() const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the gain in dB, using Bessel equation of first kind and first order.
     *
     * \param a the angle at which the gain need to be calculated with respect to the antenna
     * bore sight
     *
     * \return the antenna gain at the specified Angles a
     */
    double GetGainDb(Angles a) override;
 
  private:
    double m_apertureRadiusMeter;  //!< antenna aperture radius in meters
    double m_operatingFrequencyHz; //!< antenna operating frequency in Hz
    double m_maxGain;              //!< antenna gain in dB towards the main orientation
    double m_minGain;              //!< antenna min gain in dB
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif // CIRCULAR_APERTURE_ANTENNA_MODEL_H