Effect of Rain Attenuation for a 10-Gb/s 120-GHz-Band Millimeter-Wave Wireless Link

Author

Hirata, Akihiko ; Yamaguchi, Ryoichi ; Takahashi, Hiroyuki ; Kosugi, Toshihiko ; Murata, Koichi ; Kukutsu, Naoya ; Kado, Yuichi

Author_Institution

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) Microsyst. Integration Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan

Volume

57

Issue

12

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3099

Lastpage

3105

Abstract

We measured the effects of rain attenuation on 120-GHz band wireless link during the heavy rainy period (from July to September, 2008) and annual period (from March to December, 2008). The heavy rainy period data are used as a basis for the wireless link design, and the annual data are used to calculate the reliability of the wireless link. The 120-GHz band wireless link with V polarization was operated on a 400-m-long path from March to December 2008 in Atsugi, Japan. The rain rate distribution for Atsugi is in good agreement with the conditional M distributions. As for rain attenuation, the annual data coincide with the ITU and Laws and Parsons models. Cumulative distributions of attenuation and bit-error-rate deterioration due to rain were obtained.

Keywords

dispersion (wave); electromagnetic wave propagation; error statistics; millimetre waves; radiocommunication; rain; 10-Gb/s 120-GHz-band millimeter-wave wireless link; V polarization; bandwidth 120 GHz; bit-error-rate deterioration; rain attenuation; Availability; gigabit-class communication; millimeter wave; rain attenuation; wireless link;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2009.2034342

Filename

5315474