Title :
The Rain Attenuation in Ku-Band Satellite Signal at Bangkok
Author :
Datsong, Attasit ; Hemmakorn, N. ; Leelaruji, Nipha
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., King Mongkut´´s Inst. of Technol. Ladkrabang, Bangkok
Abstract :
This paper presents the experiment and result of rain attenuation of satellite signal on Ku-band, downlink of Thaicom 3 at King Mongkut´s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) in Bangkok (longitude:100.7 degE, latitude: 13.7 degN). The relation of rainfall and the rain attenuation on ground station are presented. Correlation between 1-second, 1-minute and 30-minute integration time of the rainfall rate is also presented. We compare the data recorded at Bangkok with ITU-R model. This experiment has been held for 1 year from June 2004 to May 2005
Keywords :
attenuation measurement; microwave measurement; rain; satellite links; Ku-band satellite signal; Thaicom 3 downlink; rain attenuation; rainfall rate; Apertures; Artificial satellites; Attenuation; Downlink; Frequency; Information technology; Paper technology; Polarization; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Ku-band propagation; Rain attenuation; Yearly cumulative distribution function;
Conference_Titel :
Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 2005 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9283-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICICS.2005.1689237
