Fade dynamics analysis for terrestrial microwave links

Author

Zyoud, Al-Hareth ; Dao, Hassan ; Islam, Md Rafiqul ; Chebil, Jalel ; Al-Khateeb, Khaled ; Rahman, Tharek Abd

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Int. Islamic Univ., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

11-12 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Terrestrial microwave system is the backbone line for mobile communication industry. In tropical region particularly in Malaysia, rain attenuation is the major constraint for implementing microwave system above 10 GHz. This paper presents statistical analysis of the dynamics of rain attenuation such as fade duration and fade slope. To prepare these statistics, rain attenuation data were obtained in Malaysia at frequencies 15 and 23 GHz for the period between January 1999 to April 2000. Fade duration statistics will be compiled for attenuation exceeding different attenuation levels (fade thresholds). The fade slope statistics will be analyzed by calculating the conditional probability density function (PDF) of fade slope for the measured data. The comparison of ITU-R models and the measured data will be investigated and analysed.

Keywords

fading; microwave links; mobile communication; statistical analysis; ITU-R models; Malaysia; PDF; fade duration; fade dynamic analysis; fade slope; microwave system; mobile communication industry; probability density function; rain attenuation; statistical analysis; terrestrial microwave links; Attenuation; Data models; Mathematical model; Microwave communication; Probability density function; Rain; Fade Duration; Fade dynamics; Fade slope; Rain Attenuation; Terrestrial Link;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6233-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCE.2010.5556833

Filename

5556833