First results of experimental investigation in frequency band 58 GHz

Author

Kvicera, V. ; Grabner, M. ; Fiser, O.

Author_Institution

TESTCOM, Czech Republic

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

31 March-3 April 2003

Firstpage

780

Abstract

Experimental research of attenuation due to hydrometeors at 58 GHz was launched in December 2000 in the frame of collaboration of TESTCOM and the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) AS CR. The first results from the first year period of observation were presented. The obtained records of fading were compared with the concurrent meteorological situation and "attenuation due to individual hydrometeors" was distinguished. The cumulative distributions of attenuation due to hydrometeors were obtained and the influence of individual hydrometeors on cumulative distributions was assessed. The obtained cumulative distributions of rain intensities measured at both sites of the path were presented. The cumulative distributions of attenuation due to rain calculated in accordance with corresponding ITU-R recommendation were compared with the measured ones.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave absorption; fading; hydrometers; millimetre wave propagation; rain; statistical analysis; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 58 GHz; EHF; IAP AS CR; ITU-R recommendation; Institute of Atmospheric Physics; TESTCOM; attenuation; cumulative distributions; fading; hydrometeors; meteorology; rain intensities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2003. (ICAP 2003). Twelfth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 491)

Print_ISBN

0-85296-752-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:20030192

Filename

1353761