A proposed empirical model of the effective Earth radius factor for telecommunications use in South Africa

Author

Baker, D.C. ; Palmer, AJ

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Pretoria Univ., South Africa

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2-4 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

511

Abstract

Available data for the cumulative probability of occurrence of various values of the radio refractive k-factor for South Africa have been subjected to regression analysis in terms of a proposed equation to describe such a distribution. The results presented have considerable promise in predicting the average cumulative trend of the k-factor in the inland summer rainfall areas. The model is expected to be of value in predicting large values of the k-factor, which may only be exceeded relatively rarely, but which could give rise to long-range interference in radio communication systems.

Keywords

radio networks; radiofrequency interference; radiowave propagation; rain; statistical analysis; telecommunication network planning; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; South Africa; cumulative probability of occurrence; inland summer rainfall areas; long-range interference; radio communication systems; radio refractive k-factor; regression analysis; Africa; Atmospheric modeling; Data engineering; Distributed computing; Earth; Equations; Predictive models; Radio communication; Refractive index; Telecommunication computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7570-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1159960

Filename

1159960