Title :
Analysis of rain effect on free space optical and microwave communication links
Author :
Grabner, Martin ; Kvicera, Vaclav
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Freq. Eng., Czech Metrol. Inst., Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
Extinction coefficient due to rain is analyzed using gamma drop size distribution derived from the Marshall-Palmer model. Rain attenuation for specific drop size distribution is calculated at microwave frequencies as well as at optical wavelengths. The formula for the optical extinction due to rain is presented and applied to compare the effect of rain on free space optical and microwave communication links.
Keywords :
optical links; rain; Marshall-Palmer model; free space optical links; gamma drop size distribution; microwave communication links; rain attenuation; rain effect analysis; Attenuation; Extinction coefficients; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical scattering; Rain;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications (ConTEL), Proceedings of the 2011 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-169-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-85125-161-6
