Title :
Precipitation in Radio Communication
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Telecommun., Warszawa
Abstract :
This paper covers unavailability of line-of-sight radio links due to rain. To evaluate the rain effects over a communication system, it is essential to know the temporal and spatial evolution of rainfall rate. Long-term 1-min average rain-rate characteristics necessary for the design of microwave radio links are determined for central Poland. 1-min rain rate distributions are presented. It also describes comparison results of predicted attenuation obtained from ITU-R formula and empirical data at frequencies 11.5 GHz and 18.6 GHz.
Keywords :
microwave links; microwave propagation; rain; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Poland; frequency 11.5 GHz; frequency 18.6 GHz; line-of-sight microwave radio links; microwave propagation; radio communication; rain attenuation; rain effects; rain fading; rain-rate characteristics; Atmospheric modeling; Attenuation; Degradation; Frequency; Predictive models; Radio communication; Radio link; Radio transmitters; Rain fading; Receivers; Line-of-sight radio links; propagation; rain fading;
Conference_Titel :
Radioelektronika, 2007. 17th International Conference
Conference_Location :
Brno
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0821-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0822-9
DOI :
10.1109/RADIOELEK.2007.371663
