Empirical formulas of electromagnetic scattering amplitude for the prediction of rain attenuation exceedance probability over a point-to-point link

Author

Kanellopoulos, S.A. ; Georgiadou, K.M. ; Panagopoulos, A.D. ; Kanellopoulos, J.D.

Author_Institution

Wireless & Satellite Commun. Group, Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

4A

fYear

2005

fDate

3-8 July 2005

Firstpage

413

Abstract

Simple empirical formulas for the calculation of the imaginary part of the forward scattering amplitude of a plane electromagnetic wave by Pruppacher-Pitter raindrops are proposed. These expressions are employed and an analytical method to evaluate the rain attenuation exceeding probability over a point-to-point link is presented. The derived exceeding probabilities are compared with experimental data from ITU-R databank with encouraging results.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; electromagnetic wave transmission; microwave links; microwave propagation; probability; rain; Pruppacher-Pitter raindrops; electromagnetic scattering amplitude; forward scattering amplitude; plane electromagnetic wave; point-to-point link; rain attenuation exceeding probability; Attenuation; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Fitting; Frequency estimation; Image analysis; Probability distribution; Rain fading; Satellite communication; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8883-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2005.1552680

Filename

1552680