A measurement system for space-time variation of rainfall rate and millimeter-wave specific attenuation in Indonesia

Author

Hendrantoro, Gamantyo ; Mauludiyanto, Achmad ; Handayani, Puji

Author_Institution

Inst. Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya

fYear

2006

fDate

12-15 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

583

Lastpage

586

Abstract

A system designed to measure the space-time variation of rainfall rate R (mm/h) and specific attenuation Y (dB/km) is presented. The design constraints include a limited budget and a desired capability of capturing realistic propagation conditions expected to occur in millimeter-wave wireless systems with short links operating in a tropical region. The system consists of a disdrometer, a network of rain gauges, and a 29 GHz transmitter-receiver set, all to operate in a small campus area. The rain gauges will measure the distribution and space-time variation of rain rate. The disdrometer will measure drop size distributions necessary to derive the power-law coefficients for R-to-Y conversion, to be verified against measurements of attenuation on the 29 GHz link.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; dispersion (wave); millimetre wave propagation; radio links; rain; Indonesia; drop size distributions; millimeter-wave specific attenuation; millimeter-wave wireless systems; power-law coefficients; propagation conditions; rainfall rate; space-time variation measurement system; transmitter-receiver set; Area measurement; Attenuation measurement; Base stations; Electric variables measurement; Microwave measurements; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Radio link; Rain; Size measurement; Measurement system; millimeter-wave; radio propagation; rain attenuation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. APMC 2006. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

978-4-902339-08-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-902339-11-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2006.4429493

Filename

4429493