Systems and methods for designing and deploying wireless communication mesh networks

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing system to:

• obtain an image dataset that provides an overhead view of a given area of interest (“AOI”) for possible deployment of a wireless mesh network;
• obtain (i) a set of tree polygons for the given AOI, wherein each tree polygon in the set defines a location and shape of at least one respective tree within the given AOI and (ii) an initial set of building polygons for the given AOI, wherein each building polygon in the set defines a location and shape of at least one respective building within the given AOI;
• modify the initial set of building polygons to remove aspects of the initial set of building polygons that overlap with the set of tree polygons and thereby generate an updated set of building polygons comprising an updated polygon;
• based on the updated set of building polygons and an elevation dataset for the given AOI, identify at least one respective elevation point of each of a given set of buildings within the given AOI;
• for each identified elevation point of each respective building in the given set, produce a respective viewshed that indicates which portions of the respective building's surrounding area are visible from the identified elevation point;
• and
• based on the produced viewsheds for the identified elevation points of the buildings in the given set, generate a line-of-sight (LOS) profile for the given AOI.

A method carried out by a computing system, the method comprising:

• obtaining an image dataset that provides an overhead view of a given area of interest (“AOI”) for possible deployment of a wireless mesh network;
• obtaining (i) a set of tree polygons for the given AOI, wherein each tree polygon in the set defines a location and shape of at least one respective tree within the given AOI and (ii) an initial set of building polygons for the given AOI, wherein each building polygon in the set defines a location and shape of at least one respective building within the given AOI;
• modifying the initial set of building polygons to remove aspects of the initial set of building polygons that overlap with the set of tree polygons and thereby generate an updated set of building polygons comprising an updated polygon;
• based on the updated set of building polygons and an elevation dataset for the given AOI, identifying at least one respective elevation point of each of a given set of buildings within the given AOI;
• for each identified elevation point of each respective building in the given set, producing a respective viewshed that indicates which portions of the respective building's surrounding area are visible from the identified elevation point;
• and
• based on the produced viewsheds for the identified elevation points of the buildings in the given set, generating a line-of-sight (LOS) profile for the given AOI.