Title :
Measurements and prediction of differential rain attenuation in convergent links
Author :
Garcia, N.A.P. ; Mello, L. A R da Silva ; Pontes, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Electron. y Comunicaciones, Univ. of the Andes Av. Tulio Febres Cordero, Merida, Venezuela
Abstract :
Measurements of differential rain attenuation in line-of-sight microwave and millimetre-wave convergent links were performed at two sites in Brazil. Cumulative distributions of differential rain attenuation for 36 pairs of links were obtained and an empirical prediction model has been derived.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave links; microwave propagation; millimetre wave propagation; rain; statistical distributions; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; cumulative distribution; differential rain attenuation; empirical prediction model; microwave convergent link; millimetre-wave convergent link;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20052223
