Effects of rain attenuation on wireless transmission of frame relay traffic

Author

Fong, B. ; Rapajic, P.B. ; Hong, G.Y.

Author_Institution

Auckland Univ. of Technol., New Zealand

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

25-28 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

1257

Abstract

The link availability of outdoor radio systems is often affected by atmospheric conditions such as rain and snow. The effects of rainfall on wireless transmission are particularly noticeable at data rate in the magnitude of megabits per second. As the rate of rainfall increases, more disruption is caused to the outdoor link. This paper presents a statistical analysis and discusses modeling of the effects of rain attenuation on wideband radio channels used by local multipoint distribution service (LMDS) systems. Our results provide an insight into the effects of rainfall on coverage area. The possible implications for optimum data throughput are outlined.

Keywords

data communication; digital radio; electromagnetic wave transmission; frame relay; packet radio networks; rain; statistical analysis; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; LMDS; coverage area; frame relay traffic; link availability; local multipoint distribution service; optimum data throughput; outdoor radio systems; rain attenuation; statistical analysis; wideband radio channels; wireless transmission; Attenuation; Availability; Bit error rate; Frame relay; Frequency; Quality of service; Radio link; Rain; Snow; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Systems, 2002. ICCS 2002. The 8th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7510-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.2002.1183335

Filename

1183335