Scintillation measurement on Ku-band satellite path in tropical climate

Author

Dao, H. ; Md Rafiqul, Islam ; Chebil, J. ; Al-Khateeb, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Int. Islamic Univ. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

180

Lastpage

183

Abstract

Scintillation data was collected in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for one year measurement. The data were obtained from MEASAT3 satellite operating at Ku-band with elevation angle of 77.4 . In this paper, scintillation statistics are analysed in dry (non-rain) condition. The scintillation distributions are represented scintillation intensity and amplitude by monthly, seasonal, worst-month and annual distributions. Probability density function (PDF) of scintillation intensity correspondingly agrees to Generalize Extreme Value (GEV) fit. In addition, model validation to the measured data is also provided.

Keywords

satellite communication; scintillation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Ku-band satellite path; MEASAT3 satellite; annual distribution distribution; dry condition; generalize extreme value fit; monthly distribution; probability density function; scintillation data; scintillation measurement; seasonal distribution; tropical climate; worst month distribution; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Microwave measurement; Probability density function; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; distribution statistics; scintillation amplitude and intensity; tropical climate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Microwave Conference (RFM), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2213-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFM.2013.6757244

Filename

6757244