Design And Implementation Of Antenna Radiation Pattern Data Management And Visualization Software

Antennae are very fundamental in the world of telecommunications.They play a vital role in the effective transmission of signal to the end-users.In order to maximize the efficiency(in terms of coverage)of an antenna array,companies have to develop and test designs before producing them.The rapid growth of processed data this day and age has created a platform for the expansion of knowledge.However,gathering consequential information is difficult when the data is in large quantities and in different formats.However,without the use of a visualization software,this process of maximizing the efficiency is tedious and costly.As a result,many companies turn to software developers to obtain a custom software solution that is user-friendly and packed with all the features that they would require(e.g.generating multiple circular and/or linear graphs).The purpose of the thesis is to design and implement an antenna radiation pattern data management visualization software(which will be abbreviated as ARPDMV)which manages data by sorting it and calculating the antenna parameters.The system will show the radiation patterns and frequencies in antenna array.Creation of the software will be carried out using a C++ framework called QT creator.It is a good choice because it makes it easier to manage data due to its tree model characteristics.The ARPDMV should be able to read data(near-field and far-field measurements)from multiple file types,display antenna properties,calculate antenna parameters and generate the various cartesian and polar plots of the radiation patterns as required by the user.This would be a great advantage in that the user will be able to analyze the radiation patterns effectively hence being able to have knowledge concerning the antenna performance.Moreover,it would provide a simple but effective user interface(UI)thus allowing the user to take full advantage of all the features of the program.As a computer program,it will consist of three layers:the UI layer,the computational layer and the data layer.