DocumentCode
2828568
Title
Rain attenuation in EHF satellite communications
Author
Arnold, Glenn ; Kao, Tai-Wu
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
1995
fDate
17-19 May 1995
Firstpage
153
Lastpage
156
Abstract
This paper utilizes four existing rain attenuation models for multiple regions in the Continental United States and elsewhere to calculate attenuation due to rain for frequencies in the 30 to 50 GHz range. Measured data are compared with the calculated results to determine the validity of the rain models for the frequencies of interest
Keywords
attenuation measurement; electromagnetic wave absorption; microwave measurement; microwave propagation; millimetre wave measurement; millimetre wave propagation; rain; satellite communication; 30 to 50 GHz; Continental United States; EHF satellite communication; measured data; rain attenuation models; Attenuation measurement; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Prediction methods; Rain; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Transmitting antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing, 1995. Proceedings., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN
0-7803-2553-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PACRIM.1995.519431
Filename
519431
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