DocumentCode
1354651
Title
12 GHz diurnal fade variations in the tropics
Author
Pan, Q.W. ; Allnutt, J.E. ; Haidara, F.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Manukau Inst. of Technol., New Zealand
Volume
36
Issue
10
fYear
2000
fDate
5/11/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
891
Lastpage
892
Abstract
In satellite transmission at frequencies above 10 GHz, signal fading, and hence outage, is mainly attributed to rain. Annual and worst month cumulative statistics may not provide sufficient information to design services adequately in the tropics. Statistics of seasonal and diurnal fade variations will give the detailed insights required for direct-to-home/very small aperture terminals (DTH/VSAT) system designs in tropical climates subjected to heavy rain. Diurnal fading statistics for a wet, tropical location in Lae, Papua New Guinea, are presented
Keywords
VSAT networks; direct broadcasting by satellite; fading; microwave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 12 GHz; direct-to-home/very small aperture terminals; diurnal fade variations; fading statistics; outage; rain; satellite transmission; signal fading; tropics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20000528
Filename
850511
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