Impact of vegetation on the performance of 28 GHz LMDS transmission

Author

Chavero, M. ; Polo, V. ; Ramos, F. ; Marti, J.

Author_Institution

ETSI Telecomunicacion, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

13-19 June 1999

Firstpage

1063

Abstract

The scattering produced by vegetation in the radio channel propagation of a 28 GHz LMDS transmission is studied. Measurements in a typical LMDS path were carried out. The radio channel is statistically modeled using the Smirnov-Kolmogorov test to determine which radio propagation model best fits the experimental data. The link availability is derived from this model using the cumulative distribution function. The experimental results show that the polarization-dependent scattering produced by vegetation seriously limits the link availability, introducing attenuation figures ranging from 19 to 26 dB. These data will find practical application in the planning of real LMDS networks.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave links; microwave propagation; 19 to 26 dB; 28 GHz; LMDS transmission; Smirnov-Kolmogorov test; attenuation figures; cumulative distribution function; link availability; local multipoint distribution service; polarization-dependent scattering; radio channel propagation; vegetation; Attenuation; Availability; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave propagation; Polarization; Rain; Rayleigh scattering; Statistical analysis; Testing; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5135-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1999.779571

Filename

779571