Single knife edge diffraction propagation studies over a hilly terrain

Author

Rao, T. Rama ; Rao, S. Vijaya Bhaskara ; Prasad, M.V.S.N. ; Sarkar, S.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., S.V. Univ., Tirupati, India

Volume

45

Issue

1

fYear

1999

fDate

3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

29

Abstract

Field strength measurements are made to study the single knife edge diffraction propagation in the hilly terrain of Tirupati, southern India. TV signals originating from Narayana Giri Hill in the VHF band are monitored at 4 different locations of Tirupati for this purpose. The observed values are converted into path loss values and are compared with prediction techniques. An attempt is made to study the adaptability of these techniques and it was found that the ITU-R, Epstein-Peterson (1953), Deygout (1966) and Edward-Durkins (1969) methods are in closer agreement with the observed path loss where as Blomquist-Ladell (1974) over estimates the observed path loss

Keywords

VHF radio propagation; electromagnetic wave diffraction; field strength measurement; losses; television broadcasting; Blomquist-Ladell method; Deygout method; Edward-Durkins method; Epstein-Peterson method; ITU-R; Narayana Giri Hill; TV signals; Tirupati; VHF band; field strength measurements; hilly terrain; path loss values; prediction techniques; single knife edge diffraction propagation; southern India; Diffraction; Interference; Laboratories; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Optimization methods; Path planning; Physics; Prediction methods; TV;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/11.754984

Filename

754984