Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on microwave links measured in Khartoum
A field study on dust storm effect on Microwave links in arid area covering a wide range of radio frequency was conducted for seven months in Khartoum, Sudan. The study involves computerized monitoring of Transmitted and Received signal levels of (TRSL) of six Microwave links operating at Ku (1...
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| author | Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A. Islam, Md. Rafiqul Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil Chebil, Jale |
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| description | A field study on dust storm effect on Microwave links
in arid area covering a wide range of radio frequency was
conducted for seven months in Khartoum, Sudan. The study
involves computerized monitoring of Transmitted and Received
signal levels of (TRSL) of six Microwave links operating at Ku
(14GHz) and Ka (21GHz) bands as well as an automatic
weather station. This paper presents a description of the
experiment and reports preliminary results of measuring dust
storms as they affect the radio wave propagation at Ku and Ka
bands. The effect of dust storms on propagation is studied by
measuring the storm parameters; visibility and induced
attenuation due to these storms. The preliminary result shows
that the higher frequency is more affected by dust storms than
the lower. In addition, the attenuation increases with lengths of
the link.
Key Words-dust storm attenuation, visibility, microwave links. |
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| spelling | iium-538112017-08-02T08:30:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53811/ Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on microwave links measured in Khartoum Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A. Islam, Md. Rafiqul Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil Chebil, Jale TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television TK7885 Computer engineering A field study on dust storm effect on Microwave links in arid area covering a wide range of radio frequency was conducted for seven months in Khartoum, Sudan. The study involves computerized monitoring of Transmitted and Received signal levels of (TRSL) of six Microwave links operating at Ku (14GHz) and Ka (21GHz) bands as well as an automatic weather station. This paper presents a description of the experiment and reports preliminary results of measuring dust storms as they affect the radio wave propagation at Ku and Ka bands. The effect of dust storms on propagation is studied by measuring the storm parameters; visibility and induced attenuation due to these storms. The preliminary result shows that the higher frequency is more affected by dust storms than the lower. In addition, the attenuation increases with lengths of the link. Key Words-dust storm attenuation, visibility, microwave links. IEEE 2015 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53811/7/53811.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53811/8/53811-Preliminary%20analysis%20of%20dust%20storm%20effects_SCOPUS.pdf Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A. and Islam, Md. Rafiqul and Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi and Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil and Chebil, Jale (2015) Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on microwave links measured in Khartoum. In: 2015 IEEE 12th Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC), 23rd-25th November 2015, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7725430/ 10.1109/MICC.2015.7725430 |
| spellingShingle | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television TK7885 Computer engineering Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A. Islam, Md. Rafiqul Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil Chebil, Jale Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on microwave links measured in Khartoum |
| title | Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on
microwave links measured in Khartoum |
| title_full | Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on
microwave links measured in Khartoum |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on
microwave links measured in Khartoum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on
microwave links measured in Khartoum |
| title_short | Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on
microwave links measured in Khartoum |
| title_sort | preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on
microwave links measured in khartoum |
| topic | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television TK7885 Computer engineering |
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