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Deep Learning-Based Radio Coverage Using Ray Tracing Simulations in Urban Environments

Jul 2026 · 2026 6th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET) · pp. 1-6 · 0 citations · 16 references

Abstract

Accurate wireless channel prediction in urban environments is essential for network planning and optimization, but traditional ray tracing (RT) simulations are computationally expensive. This paper presents a deep learning approach that learns from sparse RT simulations to predict received power for unseen transmitter locations. We propose a spatial attention convolutional neural network with an encoder-decoder structure incorporating convolutional block attention modules to prioritize critical regions, such as propagation boundaries, complemented by a distance-aware loss emphasizing accuracy near transmitters and borders. Trained on 80 heatmaps from a $500 mathrm{m} \times 500 mathrm{m}$ urban area, each on a $\mathbf{3 4} \times \mathbf{3 4}$ receiver grid (1,156 positions), the model achieves RMSE of \~{}22 dB and MAE of \~{}12 dB, outperforming nearest-heatmap averaging by \~{}5 dB, with an $\mathbf{R}^{\mathbf{2}}$ of $\mathbf{0. 9 2}$. Results demonstrate effective capture of multipath, diffraction, and shadowing, offering a computationally efficient alternative to full RT for urban channel prediction.

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