Patent ID: 8244511

Claim:
A radio wave propagation characteristic estimation apparatus, which estimates a characteristic related to propagation of a radio wave from one radio wave transmission point to one radio wave reception point in a specified zone, comprising: a building database which has information on shapes, heights, orientations, and locations of buildings; a plan view data generation unit which generates plan view data on the buildings in the specified zone, using the information in the building database; a vertical cross-sectional view data generation unit which generates vertical cross-sectional view data being data on cross-sections of the buildings in the specified zone taken along a vertical plane comprising a line that connects the radio wave transmission point with the radio wave reception point, using the information in the building database; a ray launching method calculation unit which calculates by a ray launching method a first radio wave propagation characteristic estimation data from the radio wave transmission point to a building with the radio wave reception point is estimated, using the plan view data; an imaging method calculation unit which calculates by an imaging method a second piece of radio wave propagation characteristic estimation data from the radio wave transmission point to the building with the radio wave reception point is estimated, using the vertical cross-sectional view data; and a synthesis unit which calculates indoor penetration data to the radio wave reception point within the building respectively for the first piece of radio wave propagation characteristic estimation data and the second piece of radio wave propagation characteristic estimation data, and synthesizes the pieces of indoor penetration data to produce the estimate of a characteristic related to propagation of a radio wave from one radio wave transmission point to one radio wave reception point in the specified zone.