Rain Fade Slope Model in Satellite Path Based on Data Measured in Heavy Rain Zone

Author

Dao, H. ; Islam, Md Rafiqul ; Al-Khateeb, K.A.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Int. Islamic Univ. Malaysia (IIUM), Gombak, Malaysia

Volume

12

fYear

2013

fDate

2013

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

53

Abstract

Rain fade slope has been measured in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, located in heavy rain zone. The data were collected from MEASAT3 with elevation angle of 77.4° at a frequency of 10.982 GHz with several time interval lengths. The measured fade slope was compared to the ITU-R P.1623 model. Tendency of probability distribution model and measured data is discrepant, and leading estimation of fade slope is inaccurate. Dominant parameters to the model are analyzed and proposed for the link. Modification of fade slope model has been proposed based on data with different time interval lengths´ effects.

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; microwave measurement; rain; satellite links; statistical distributions; ITU-R P.1623 model; Kuala Lumpur; MEASAT3; Malaysia; elevation angle; heavy rain zone; probability distribution model; rain fade slope model; satellite path; Attenuation; Attenuation measurement; Data models; Predictive models; Rain; Rain fading; Standards; Fade mitigation technique (FMT); ITU-R; rain fade slope; time interval length;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2012.2237373

Filename

6410325