Title :
New method for the prediction of rain attenuation in terrestrial links using the concept of effective rainfall rate
Author :
Mello, Luiz A R da Silva ; Pontes, Marlene S. ; De Souza, Rodolfo S L
Author_Institution :
Center for Telecommun. Studies, Rio de Janeiro
fDate :
Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007
Abstract :
A semi-empirical method for the prediction of rain attenuation in terrestrial links is presented in this paper. The proposed method is simple to apply and uses the concept of an effective rainfall rate and the full rainfall rate cumulative probability distribution to predict the attenuation distribution. Test results indicate that the proposed method provides significant improvement over the current ITU-R method and other methods available in the literature.
Keywords :
millimetre wave propagation; rain; statistical distributions; weather forecasting; attenuation distribution; cumulative probability distribution; rain attenuation; rainfall rate; terrestrial links; Attenuation measurement; Extrapolation; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave propagation; Millimeter wave technology; Prediction methods; Probability distribution; Radio propagation; Rain; Testing; Rain; attenuation; climate; millimeter wave radio propagation; prediction methods;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007. IMOC 2007. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Brazil
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0661-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0661-6
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404401
