Title :
Two Years Characterization of Concurrent Ku-band Rain Attenuation and Tropospheric Scintillation in Bandung, Indonesia using JCSAT3
Author :
Suryana, Joko ; Utoro, S. ; Tanaka, Kenji ; Igarashi, Kiyoshi ; Iida, Michihisa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Inst. of ITB
Abstract :
In this paper, we present two years statistics on concurrent rain attenuation and tropospheric scintillation in Bandung (6.9degS, 107.6degE), Indonesia using 12.247 GHz horizontally polarized CW beacon signals of JCSAT3 (Pos=128degE, Az=73.2deg, El=64.7deg) satellite. From the experiment results, we have found out that on a rainfall rate R0.01 120 mm/h, the rain attenuation A0.01 measured was around 17 dB . Concerning to the tropospheric scintillation, we have noted that in a tropical region such as Indonesia, the magnitude of the Ku-band scintillation is seasonal dependence, reaching variance 0.4 dB (maximum) in rainy season and 0.2 dB (minimum) in dry season
Keywords :
attenuation measurement; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microwave measurement; rain; satellite communication; scintillation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 12.247 GHz; Bandung; Indonesia; JCSAT3 satellite; Ku-band; dry season; horizontal polarized CW beacon signal; rain attenuation; rainfall; tropospheric scintillation; Attenuation measurement; Clouds; Fluctuations; Frequency; Polarization; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Signal analysis; Statistics; Ku-band; Rain Attenuation; Rainfall Rate; Troposheric Scintillation;
Conference_Titel :
Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 2005 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9283-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICICS.2005.1689326
