Analysis of the interference due to differential rain attenuation induced by an adjacent path on a multiple site diversity Earth-space system

Author

Kanellopoulos, J.D. ; Ventouras, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

fYear

1994

fDate

12-14 Apr 1994

Firstpage

402

Abstract

The reliable design of a communication system requires the consideration of the interference effects which are of utmost importance for satellite communication systems. The type of dominant interference source examined concerns the interference caused by differential rain attenuation from an adjacent Earth-space system operating at the same frequency. In the present paper a method to predict the rain differential attenuation statistics valid for single site Earth-space systems, is extended here to include dual site diversity systems. The modified method is again based on a model of convective raincells as well as the lognormal model for the point rainfall rate statistics. Numerical results taken from the proposed procedure are presented and some very useful conclusions are deduced

Keywords

diversity reception; electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; log normal distribution; microwave propagation; radiofrequency interference; rain; satellite communication; statistical analysis; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Earth-space system; adjacent path; attenuation statistics; communication system design; convective raincells; differential rain attenuation; interference analysis; interference source; lognormal model; multiple site diversity; point rainfall rate statistics; satellite communication systems; Attenuation; Diversity methods; Frequency; Interference; Protection; Rain; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations; Signal analysis; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 7th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Antalya

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1772-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.1994.381073

Filename

381073