Title :
Atmospheric Effects on Terrestrial Millimeter-Wave Communications
Author :
Dudzinsky, S.J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California 90406
Abstract :
Proper design of reliable millimeter-wave communications links that operate on paths through the atmosphere requires an understanding of atmospheric transmission losses, especially losses due to rainfall attenuation. This paper combines information on transmission properties of millimeter waves with meteorological data to derive a methodology useful to the design engineer. Emphasis is on high-reliability communications in which outages are 0.1 percent or less.
Keywords :
Atmosphere; Atmospheric waves; Attenuation; Data engineering; Design engineering; Meteorology; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Propagation losses; Reliability engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1974. 4th European
Conference_Location :
Montreux, Switzerland
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1974.332040
