Performance evaluation of Ka-Band satellite communication system in rain fading channel at tropical area

Generally, commercial satellites use C-band and Ku-band, but because of the rapid growth of satellite services and congestion of lower frequencies bands, more and more commercial applications are being promoted for Ka-Band. In order to use Ka-band for satellite communication in tropical areas, there are several issues that have to be considered. One of the disadvantages of Ka-band is it is susceptible to be attenuated by rain and the earth´s atmospheric conditions such as gas, clouds, and ice particles. This paper is aimed to evaluate the performance of Ka-band wireless communication system in tropical area by comparing several channel coding schemes.