The compute method in Xirio is the procedure that will be used to compute or estimate the propagation of electromagnetic waves through space. It is necessary to decide which simulation model you want to use in each case, depending on the environment in which the network is going to be deployed, the technology used, the work frequency bands and the quality of cartographic information available to model the terrain. By creating a new study, Xirio, by default, proposes the most suitable method for the calculation required.

Methods catalog allow to create in the different studies, compute methods preconfigured with values set by the user.

The user has available filter by service and by name of the compute method catalog:

•Filter by service: It allows to obtain all catalog elements of a selected radio service. This filter consists of cascading drop-down lists, so that to select a service it is necessary to select a subcategory before, and to select a subcategory it is necessary to previously select a category.

•Filter by name: This textual filter supports wildcard characters such as the asterisk (*) or the query (?).

•Show only favorite items: In addition, the user can define their favorite catalog items to perform a filtering that only shows these items

Once the user clicks "Search" button, a filter will be combined with all the options selected by the user. In the case that there is no entry that fulfills all the selected features, the lower list will be empty.

The user can modify, edit or consult each catalog element using the compute method edition dialog.

From any compute method it is also possible to create a catalog element automatically from the parameters of this, by the action "Create new template from the compute method".