Rain attenuation and cross-polarization effects in interference between adjacent satellite and terrestrial dual polarized systems

Author

Katsambas, V.K. ; Kanellopoulos, J.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

920

Abstract

In the present paper a novel method to predict the degradation of the carrier-to-interference ratio, due to rain attenuation-depolarization, on a satellite system interfered by an adjacent terrestrial microwave link is proposed. This method refers to the case that both communication systems operate under the dual polarization mode. It is based on a model convective rain cell structure of the rainfall medium as well as the assumption that both the point rainfall statistics and the rain attenuation follow a lognormal distribution. Numerical results are presented referring to communication systems operating in Italy.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; log normal distribution; microwave propagation; mobile satellite communication; radiofrequency interference; rain; adjacent terrestrial microwave link; carrier-to-interference ratio; convective rain cell structure; cross-polarization effects; lognormal distribution; point rainfall statistics; rain attenuation-depolarization; satellite system; terrestrial dual polarized systems; Attenuation; Degradation; Frequency; Interference; Materials science and technology; Polarization; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1220422

Filename

1220422