Validation of rain attenuation time series synthesizers for temperate area - on the enhanced Maseng-Bakken model

To develop and test real time fade mitigation techniques control algorithms, propagation time series are needed. An alternative to using real data collected from propagation experiments is to generate typical fading time series making use of climatological characteristics as well as geometrical and radio-electrical parameters of the link. The aim of the study presented in this paper is to validate time-series synthesisers relying on an enhanced Maseng-Bakken model for temperate areas. In the first part of this paper, the basic principles of the Maseng-Baken model are recalled and the parameterisation of this channel model is discussed for temperate climates. Then, Ka band beacon data collected in European and in North-American areas are used: on the one hand to retrieve the input parameters of the channel models and on the other hand to test them with respect to long-term statistics. The results of this testing analysis constitute the second part of this paper.