Specification and product comparison chart

Features and tools	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Propagation models
CRC-PREDICT v.3.21		√	√
CRC-PREDICT v.2.08r2		√	√
CRC-PREDICT v.2.07		√	√
Okumura/Hata		√	√
ITU-R Rec. 370-7		√	√
ITU-R Rec. 1146		√	√
ITU-R Rec. 1546		√	√
ITU-R Rec. 368-8		√	√
ITU-R Rec. 1147		√	√
Egli		√	√
TIREM		√	√
Longly-Rice v.1.2.2	√	√	√
FCC point-to-point		√	√
F(50,50) curves and freespace		√	√
New propagation models can be included		√	√
Receiver models	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
RF power meter	√	√	√
Frequency			√
Bandwidth			√
Demodulator			√
Time & location availability	√	√	√
Service availability			√
Front end		√	√
Antenna noise temperature			√
Noise figure		√	√
Coupling & line losses		√	√
Antenna gain		√	√
External noise			√
Filter			√
Antenna height	√	√	√
Custom antenna			√
Antenna pointing algorithm			√
Custom binding to desired transmitter(s)			√
Define mulitple receivers			√
Additional attenuation by land cover type			√
Consider interference from self (intra SFN network) and from other systems.			√
Signal combination models	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Deterministic			√
Fast statistical			√
Monte Carlo			√
Result types	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
C/(N+I) (dB)			√
Operating margin (dB)			√
Service reliability (%)			√
Network gain (dB)			√
Efficiency (%)			√
Margin loss (%)			√
C/N (dB)			√
C/I (dB)			√
I/N (dB)			√
Iself/Iext (dB)			√
Feild strength (dBµV/m)	√	√	√
Power flux density (dBW/m2)		√	√
Received power (dBm)		√	√
Path Loss (dB)		√
Measured Power (µV)		√
Signal-to-noise ratio (dB)		√	√
Transmitter models	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Display appearance		√	√
Position & height	√	√	√
Custom antenna	√	√	√
Cable losses		√	√
Filter			√
Define local obstructions			√
Emission system type			√
Content & channel			√
Modulation			√
Frequency	√	√	√
Bandwidth		√	√
Custom spectrum			√
Transmission delay			√
Linked repeater			√
Off-air repeater			√
Single Frequency Network			√
Transmitter network synchronisation			√
EIRP Power	√	√	√
Amplifier Power			√
Generate HAAT table			√
Digital elevation models	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
DTED		√	√
USGS		√	√
CDED		√	√
Computamaps		√	√
SRTM30	√
SRTM1 and SRTM3 (NASA)		√	√
CRC (500m)		√	√
DEMs can be supported by the means of add-ins or format translator		√	√
A generic ASCII-to-raster converter can be used to create a DEM compatible		√	√
Land cover models	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
DTED		√	√
Computamaps		√	√
CRC (500m)		√	√
Land cover models can be supported by the means of add-ins or format translator		√	√
Population models	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Canada			√
United States			√
Mexico			√
Ground conductivity models	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
FCC (North, central and south America)		√	√
ITU-IDWM (Entire world)		√	√
Broadcast Station Database Models	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Canada			√
United States			√
Mexico			√
GIS system		√	√
Import/Export/Printing	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Import/export vector data in the MapInfo interchange file format (.MIF) with its associated data files (.MID)		√	√
Import/export bitmaps overlays in the *.BMP format		√	√
Import measurements from text file (*.TXT)		√	√
Import/export transmitter and reciver parameters in text form (*.XML)			√
Export in google earth format (*.KML)		√	√
Prints project display and parameters to any Windows compatible		√	√
User interface	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Easy-to-use Windows style user interface with pull down menus		√	√
Floating toolbars and contextual right click mouse support		√	√
Tools	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Line-of-sight		√	√
Power delay profile analysis			√
Point-to-point analysis		√	√
Digital evalation model and coverage real-time interrogator			√
Percise transmitter positioning using terrain elevation			√
Layer editor		√	√
Create legend		√	√
Scale editor		√	√
Custom antenna editor	√	√	√
Custom text overlay			√
Path interrogator		√	√
Precise transmiter positioning using terrain elevation		√	√
Statistical analysis for service coverage			√
Power meter		√
Service polygon creator			√
Matrix content analyzer		√
Mathematical expression evaluator			√
Population study			√
Radio and TV station search			√
Interference analysis & report			√
Intra-SFN zone indicator			√
Maps/Database display	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Display of detailed world maps		√	√
MapInfo layers		√	√
Bitmap overlays			√
Detailed display of topographic and land cover database		√	√
Display on Google Earth Maps	√
Display legend		√	√
Display scale	√	√	√
Grid	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Meridians and parrallels		√	√
Distance		√	√
Radial		√	√
UTM		√	√
Coordinate systems	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Latitude/Longitude	√	√	√
MGRS		√	√
UTM		√	√
Result display methods	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Contour lines		√	√
Square fill		√	√
Contour fill	√	√	√
Derivative display and surface gradient		√	√
Options of solid or semi-transparent colours		√	√
Scale	√	√	√
3-D view			√
Server service	COVWEB	COVLITE	COVLAB
Possibility to access some functionalities form an external programs. Functionalities can be accessed from any programming language supporting COM automation such a Visual Basic			√

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