Comprehensive tools to analyze Earth-satellite Ka band propagation data

Author

Rocha, A. ; Texeira, R. ; Neves, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Aveiro Univ.

Volume

1B

fYear

2005

fDate

3-8 July 2005

Firstpage

723

Abstract

Earth-satellite propagation channel above about 10 GHz is subject to several meteorological impairments. Attenuation and depolarization by rain droplets, depolarization by ice clouds and scintillation due to atmospheric refractive index irregularities are the main effects. The characterization of all this phenomena requires long term measurements by monitoring a satellite beacon. Hereby we describe a few tools to convert raw data beacon measurements to a versatile propagation data base. Some recent measurement results are also presented

Keywords

microwave propagation; millimetre wave propagation; satellite communication; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; wireless channels; Earth-satellite Ka band propagation; Earth-satellite propagation channel; atmospheric refractive index irregularities; attenuation; depolarization; ice clouds; meteorological impairments; rain droplets; satellite beacon; scintillation; Atmospheric measurements; Attenuation; Data mining; Frequency; Meteorology; Polarization; Rain; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8883-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2005.1551664

Filename

1551664