Comparison of rain attenuation prediction models with Ku-band beacon measurement for satellite communication system

Author

Tamrakar, M. ; Bandyopadhyay, Kalyan ; De, Avik

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, India

fYear

2010

fDate

18-21 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The bulk of beacon signal attenuation or fading is due to clear-air gaseous absorption (oxygen, water vapour) and stronger attenuation in hydrometeor events (rain, snow, clouds). In this paper, the results of the measurements of rain-induced attenuation in the Radio Wave signal propagating at 11.6995 GHz is presented. This paper also gives the comparison of the measurement result with several models, like ITU-R Model, Crane Global Model, SAM Model, Korea Model and others.

Keywords

absorption; dispersion (wave); fading; rain; satellite communication; scattering; transmission; wave propagation; Crane Global Model; ITU-R Model; Korea Model; Ku-band beacon measurement; SAM Model; beacon signal attenuation; clear-air gaseous absorption; clouds; fading; hydrometeor events; oxygen; radio wave signal propagating; rain attenuation prediction models; rain-induced attenuation; satellite communication system; snow; water vapour; Attenuation; Data models; Frequency measurement; Predictive models; Rain; Satellites; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Communications (SPCOM), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7137-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPCOM.2010.5560497

Filename

5560497