DocumentCode
1512459
Title
Fade slope statistics for three 12-GHz satellite beacon links in Brazil
Author
De Miranda, E. Couto ; Pontes, M.S. ; da Silva Mello, L.A.R.
Author_Institution
Centre for Telecommun. Studies, Pontifical Catholic Univ., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Volume
3
Issue
5
fYear
1999
fDate
5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
142
Lastpage
144
Abstract
The fade slope is defined as the rate of increase or decrease of attenuation over time. The possible correlation between the statistics of fade slope values and attenuation levels is investigated. Results show a direct positive correlation between the mean values of fade slope and the attenuation levels. The distributions of fade slope values present a degree of skewness toward the negative values that makes the curves depart from the Gaussian distribution observed by other authors.
Keywords
attenuation measurement; correlation methods; electromagnetic wave absorption; fading channels; microwave propagation; satellite links; statistical analysis; time series; 12 GHz; Brazil; Gaussian distribution; SHF; attenuation time series; correlation; fade slope distributions; fade slope statistics; mean values; satellite beacon links; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Frequency; Gaussian distribution; Noise reduction; Sampling methods; Satellite broadcasting; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7798
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/4234.766849
Filename
766849
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