Analysis of INTELSAT-V scintillation data

Author

Jones, S.M.R. ; Glover, I.A. ; Watson, P.A. ; Howell, R.G.

Author_Institution

Bradford Univ., UK

fYear

1991

fDate

15-18 Apr 1991

Firstpage

379

Abstract

A four year study of attenuation and depolarization on an INTELSAT-V satellite link operating in the 11/14 GHz bands at a low elevation angle (10°) was conducted by British Telecom Research Laboratories from June 1983 to May 1987, followed by a shorter dual beamwidth study from July to December 1987 using the 11 GHz beacon. Scintillation has been analyzed from the data mainly associated with rain fading, with some identifiable dry data. High-pass filtering was applied to separate the more rapid component of the fluctuations from the underlying trend of rain fading. Short term, long term and worst case statistics of the `de-rained´ signal and spectra of illustrative events and of the database average are presented

Keywords

fading; microwave links; radiometry; radiowave propagation; rain; satellite links; scintillation; statistical analysis; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 11 GHz; 14 GHz; AD 1983 06 to 1987 05; AD 1987 07 to 1987 12; INTELSAT-V satellite link; derained signal; dry data; long term statistics; low elevation angle; radiometry; rain fading; scintillation data; short term statistics; worst case statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 1991. ICAP 91., Seventh International Conference on (IEE)

Conference_Location

York

Print_ISBN

0-85296-508-7

Type

conf

Filename

98257