Remcom has announced a new version of Wireless InSite 3D Wireless Prediction Software, adding support for time-based mobility, lunar propagation modeling, and wideband ray-tracing with S-parameter outputs. The ‘Release 4.0’ extend the software’s ability to simulate complex RF environments, including scenarios involving on-body communications and space-based applications related to NASA’s Artemis missions. The enhancements are aimed at improving accuracy and applicability in dynamic modeling conditions.
Wireless InSite 4.0 introduces a mobility framework that models the movement of transceivers and objects within a user-defined scene. Mobile platforms enable evaluation of dynamic scenarios where mounted antennas on scatterers like vehicles and humans affect channel conditions. Time-based outputs, rendered as plots or animations, provide detailed insights into multipath and fading, received power, SINR, and data throughput across time as RF systems and vehicle platforms move through a scene. A new Results Browser and Viewer provide multi-result access and time-sequenced visualization, allowing engineers to focus on dynamic behaviors with clarity.
To support NASA’s Artemis mission, Wireless InSite ensures simulation of RF propagation on the Moon by providing the ability to import LRO LOLA terrain datasets and transform the coordinates of RF mobile systems upon the lunar terrain, while also incorporating a lunar materials database. These features model lunar reflections and refractions, aiding future missions.
Utilizing Huygens antennas, Wireless InSite 4.0 also leverages data generated by Remcom’s XFdtd full-wave 3D electromagnetic solver to capture interactions with people, vehicles, and structures in the near-field of the antenna. The transfer into Wireless InSite preserves the physical relationship between the antenna, geometry, materials and near-field data. Additionally, support for refraction into volumetric materials refines the simulation of complex electromagnetic interactions with the body or nearby structures for technologies such as 6G, GNSS, WLAN, lunar missions, and on-body communication while in motion.
Wireless InSite 4.0 introduces support for multi-technology scenarios, enabling users to analyze frequency-dependent behavior within a single simulation. The updated wideband ray-tracing approach includes a waveform library and supports S-parameter outputs, allowing for an assessment of antenna behavior and electromagnetic interactions with materials. The addition of multi-frequency antenna and material models allows simulations across a range of frequencies while reducing computational time.
“Wireless InSite 4.0 is designed for engineers and researchers who require high-precision tools to model RF systems in terrestrial, non-terrestrial and lunar environments. We recognize the challenges inherent in simulating real-world wireless scenarios, and this release reflects our commitment to delivering a simulation platform that accurately predicts system performance under dynamic conditions,” said Ruth Belmonte, product manager for Wireless InSite.
Source: Remcom
About Remcom
Remcom Inc., based in State College, PA is a software company specializing in electromagnetic simulation and wireless propagation modeling. Established in 1994, the company develops tools used across wireless communications, defense, automotive, aerospace, and academic sectors. Its key products include XFdtd for full-wave 3D EM simulation, Wireless InSite for modeling complex radio propagation environments, and WaveFarer for radar and automotive sensor simulation. These tools support applications such as antenna design, RF circuits, 5G/6G development, IoT, and ADAS. Remcom’s software is deployed in more than 18 countries and is designed to address high-frequency simulation challenges with support for real-world modeling requirements. The company offers flexible licensing and custom development options to meet varying project needs. With an estimated 34 to 50 employees, Remcom is privately held and generates approx. $4.3 million in annual revenue. It maintains a technical product focus and works with both commercial and government users.