Rain side-scatter interference in the satellite links of the 1990s

Author

Haidara, Fatim ; Bostian, Charles W.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

41

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

493

Lastpage

498

Abstract

In addition to inducing attenuation and depolarization in satellite links, scattering by rain can create intersystem interference. This type of interference was investigated extensively in the 1970s for terrestrial paths, but little has been done to study its effects on modern and future satellite links. Studies of the potential interference created by the scattering of an uplink signal into an adjacent satellite and the inverse case where a downlink signal is scattered into the earth station of an adjacent satellite system are reported. Two computation methods for the interfering power are presented. The first, based on the bistatic radar equation, takes only the first-order multiple scattering into account, whereas the second method, based on the radiative transfer equation, includes higher orders of multiple scattering

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; radiofrequency interference; radiowave propagation; rain; satellite links; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; bistatic radar equation; intersystem interference; multiple scattering; radiative transfer equation; rain; satellite links; side-scatter interference; Attenuation; Bistatic radar; Downlink; Equations; Geometry; Interchannel interference; Radar scattering; Rain; Receiving antennas; Satellite ground stations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.220982

Filename

220982