Two Years Characterization of Concurrent Ku-band Rain Attenuation and Tropospheric Scintillation in Bandung, Indonesia using JCSAT3

Author

Suryana, Joko ; Utoro, S. ; Tanaka, Kenji ; Igarashi, Kiyoshi ; Iida, Michihisa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Inst. of ITB

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Firstpage

1585

Lastpage

1589

Abstract

In this paper, we present two years statistics on concurrent rain attenuation and tropospheric scintillation in Bandung (6.9degS, 107.6degE), Indonesia using 12.247 GHz horizontally polarized CW beacon signals of JCSAT3 (Pos=128degE, Az=73.2deg, El=64.7deg) satellite. From the experiment results, we have found out that on a rainfall rate R_0.01 120 mm/h, the rain attenuation A_0.01 measured was around 17 dB . Concerning to the tropospheric scintillation, we have noted that in a tropical region such as Indonesia, the magnitude of the Ku-band scintillation is seasonal dependence, reaching variance 0.4 dB (maximum) in rainy season and 0.2 dB (minimum) in dry season

Keywords

attenuation measurement; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microwave measurement; rain; satellite communication; scintillation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 12.247 GHz; Bandung; Indonesia; JCSAT3 satellite; Ku-band; dry season; horizontal polarized CW beacon signal; rain attenuation; rainfall; tropospheric scintillation; Attenuation measurement; Clouds; Fluctuations; Frequency; Polarization; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Signal analysis; Statistics; Ku-band; Rain Attenuation; Rainfall Rate; Troposheric Scintillation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 2005 Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9283-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICS.2005.1689326

Filename

1689326