DocumentCode
242760
Title
Rain attenuation in converging terrestrial links: Measurements and modeling
Author
da Silva Mello, L. ; Pontes, Marlene ; Fagundes, Igor ; Andrade, F. ; Almeida, Marta
Author_Institution
Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
fYear
2014
fDate
6-11 April 2014
Firstpage
3504
Lastpage
3505
Abstract
Rain attenuation measured data have been obtained in converging terrestrial links at three sites operating in the Ku and Ka bands in tropical regions in Brazil. This paper reviews the experiments and models derived, based on the collected data, to predict rain attenuation statistics, differential rain attenuation and the parameters of rain attenuation time series synthesizers.
Keywords
radio links; radio networks; time series; Brazil; Ka bands; Ku bands; differential rain attenuation; radio links; rain attenuation statistics; rain attenuation time series synthesizers; terrestrial links; tropical regions; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Attenuation measurement; Predictive models; Rain; Synthesizers; Time series analysis; radio propagation; rain attenuation; terrestrial radio links;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location
The Hague
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902585
Filename
6902585
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