Title :
Very low rain statistics for the design of low availability satellite communication systems
Author :
Barbaliscia, F. ; Boumis, M.
Author_Institution :
Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy
fDate :
3/29/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The letter is about the space-time characteristics of very light rain occurring for percentages of time greater than some 1% of the year. This is able to impair those satellite communication systems where the radiopropagation fade margins are lowered mostly because of economic effectiveness. Statistics of low-rate rainfalls are obtained and analysed for 20 locations in Italy for ten consecutive years.
Keywords :
fading; radiowave propagation; rain; satellite relay systems; statistical analysis; VSAT networks; economic effectiveness; low availability satellite communication systems; radiopropagation fade margins; radiowave propagation; rain probability; space-time characteristics; very light rain; very low rain statistics;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900271
