Title :
The Relationship Between Cross-Polar Discrimination and Attenuation at 12.5, 20 and 30Ghz Obtained from Olympus Measurements Carried Out at the British Telecom Research Laboratories
Author :
Howell, R.G. ; Thompson, P.T.
Author_Institution :
BT Laboratories
Abstract :
An analysis of the relationship between cross-polar discrimination (XPD) and attenuation for rain is carried out using data at 12.5, 19.8 and 29.7GHz obtained using the ESA OLYMPUS satellite. A year of measurements, carried out at the BT Laboratories at Martlesham Heath, are analysed.
Keywords :
Attenuation measurement; Frequency; Laboratories; Polarization; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Telecommunications; Radio propagation; attenuation; depolarisation; satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1991. 21st European
Conference_Location :
Stuttgart, Germany
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1991.336471
