Title :
Self interference by rain scattering in satellite radio links
Author :
Capsoni, Carlo ; Mauri, M. ; Paraboni, A.
Author_Institution :
Politecnico di Milano, Istituto di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica, Milano, Italy
Abstract :
Scattering by rain at millimetre wavelengths may cause disturbance on the same link which uses the incident wave as an information carrier. A numerical evaluation of this disturbance is performed and its dependence on frequency, rain rate, rain depth and antenna gain is presented.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave interference; microwave links; radiowave propagation; rain; satellite links; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; antenna gain; frequency dependence; millimetre wavelengths; rain depth; rain rate; rain scattering; satellite radio links;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19760020
