Slant path attenuation measurements at 50 GHz in Spain

Author

Pino, Pedro Garcia del ; Riera, Jose M. ; Benarroch, Ana

Author_Institution

Radiocommun. Group, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

6/27/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

162

Lastpage

164

Abstract

A one-year campaign of slant path attenuation measurements has been carried out in Madrid using the ITALSAT satellite beacon at 50 GHz. The experimental cumulative distributions of rainfall rate and rain attenuation are presented. The first one is compared with the ITU-R (International Telecommunication Union-Radiocommunication) maps while measured attenuation values are compared with several prediction models. Finally, the relationship between average year and worst month is investigated.

Keywords

attenuation measurement; millimetre wave propagation; rain; satellite communication; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 50 GHz; ITALSAT satellite beacon; ITU-R; International Telecommunication Union-Radiocommunication map; Madrid; Spain; millimeter wave radio propagation; prediction model; rain attenuation; rainfall rate; satellite communication; slant path attenuation measurement; Atmospheric waves; Attenuation measurement; Frequency; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave measurements; Polarization; Predictive models; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Statistical distributions; Attenuation measurement; millimeter wave radio propagation; rain; satellite communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2005.848380

Filename

1427664