Title :
Rain attenuation in EHF satellite communications
Author :
Arnold, Glenn ; Kao, Tai-Wu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper utilizes four existing rain attenuation models for multiple regions in the Continental United States and elsewhere to calculate attenuation due to rain for frequencies in the 30 to 50 GHz range. Measured data are compared with the calculated results to determine the validity of the rain models for the frequencies of interest
Keywords :
attenuation measurement; electromagnetic wave absorption; microwave measurement; microwave propagation; millimetre wave measurement; millimetre wave propagation; rain; satellite communication; 30 to 50 GHz; Continental United States; EHF satellite communication; measured data; rain attenuation models; Attenuation measurement; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Prediction methods; Rain; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing, 1995. Proceedings., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2553-2
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.1995.519431
