The recent availability of fast numerical methods has rendered the integral-equation approach suitable for practical application to radio planning and site optimization for UHF mobile radio systems. In this paper, we describe a conceptually simple scheme for the efficient computation of UHF radial propagation loss over irregular terrain, which is based on the fast far-field approximation. The method is substantially faster than conventional integral-equation (IE) solution techniques. The technique is improved by incorporating the Green's function perturbation method and we outline a way in which the formulation can be made more exact. Computational issues such as terrain profile truncation and the effect of small-scale roughness are addressed. The method has been applied to gently undulating terrain and compared to published experimental results in the 900-MHz band. It has also been successfully applied to more hilly terrain and to surfaces with buildings added.
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