Capacity effects on terrestrial broadband wireless access networks, operating in the LMDS frequency band, during rainfall conditions

Author

Daly, N.E. ; Tozer, T.C. ; Pearce, D.A.J. ; Grace, D. ; Burr, A.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., York Univ., UK

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2444

Abstract

System level design considerations are examined for terrestrial broadband-wireless-access (BWA) networks, operating in the frequency allocation intended for local-multipoint-distributed-services (LMDS). Propagation effects for 30 GHz transmission are outlined, with particular emphasis on non-uniform rainfall attenuation. The network reaction to varying positions and rates of rainfall attenuation are evaluated. It is shown that rain attenuation effects may lead to a reduced level of system interference, but the level of this is heavily governed by the location of the rain event. Conclusions are made regarding the effects of rainfall attenuation on system capacity

Keywords

broadband networks; electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave propagation; millimetre wave propagation; radio access networks; radiofrequency interference; rain; 30 GHz; BWA networks; LMDS frequency band; capacity effects; local-multipoint-distributed-services; network reaction; nonuniform rainfall attenuation; propagation effects; rainfall conditions; system capacity; system interference; system level design considerations; terrestrial broadband wireless access network; Attenuation; Diffraction; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Frequency; Intelligent networks; Polarization; Radio link; Rain; System-level design; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings, 2000. VTC 2000-Spring Tokyo. 2000 IEEE 51st

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5718-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2000.851711

Filename

851711