DocumentCode
1372973
Title
Descriptive fade slope statistics on INTELSAT Ku-band communication link
Author
Timothy, K.I. ; Ong, J.T. ; Choo, E.B.L.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Volume
36
Issue
16
fYear
2000
fDate
8/3/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1422
Lastpage
1424
Abstract
Descriptive statistics of fade slope from the INTELSAT VI beacon data at 11.198 GHz and 42.8° elevation are presented. Results indicate a direct positive correlation between the mean values of fade slope and attenuation and show that individual rain events have higher fade slope with deeper fade depths. The absolute fade slopes can be best approximated by a log-normal distribution. Positive and negative fade slopes are symmetrically distributed and the distribution becomes flatter at higher attenuation levels
Keywords
fading; microwave links; radiowave propagation; rain; satellite links; statistics; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 11.198 GHz; INTELSAT VI beacon data; Ku-band communication link; attenuation; descriptive fade slope statistics; fade depths; individual rain events; log-normal distribution;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20001004
Filename
862184
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