Frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region

Fade mitigation technique (FMT) is a method to overcome the rain fade effects in microwave communication link. The frequency diversity method using switching technique was used and implemented in this research. The frequency diversity improvement factor (FDIF) proposed by ITU-R was analysed usi...

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Main Authors: Kesavan, U., Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Abdullah, Khaizuran, Tharek, A.R.
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
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Published: IEEE 2016
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author Kesavan, U.
Islam, Md. Rafiqul
Abdullah, Khaizuran
Tharek, A.R.
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Islam, Md. Rafiqul
Abdullah, Khaizuran
Tharek, A.R.
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description Fade mitigation technique (FMT) is a method to overcome the rain fade effects in microwave communication link. The frequency diversity method using switching technique was used and implemented in this research. The frequency diversity improvement factor (FDIF) proposed by ITU-R was analysed using measured data. The measurement was used as a benchmark to evaluate the predicted and proposed the FDIF. New frequency diversity improvement factor (FDIF) model was developed based on rain fade data measured at 5.8, 15 and 26 GHz. The proposed model validated, measured and predicted data for the 5.8, 15 and 26 GHz which had simultaneous operation during rains was found to have close agreement.
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spelling iium-550812017-04-21T01:17:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55081/ Frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region Kesavan, U. Islam, Md. Rafiqul Abdullah, Khaizuran Tharek, A.R. TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television Fade mitigation technique (FMT) is a method to overcome the rain fade effects in microwave communication link. The frequency diversity method using switching technique was used and implemented in this research. The frequency diversity improvement factor (FDIF) proposed by ITU-R was analysed using measured data. The measurement was used as a benchmark to evaluate the predicted and proposed the FDIF. New frequency diversity improvement factor (FDIF) model was developed based on rain fade data measured at 5.8, 15 and 26 GHz. The proposed model validated, measured and predicted data for the 5.8, 15 and 26 GHz which had simultaneous operation during rains was found to have close agreement. IEEE 2016 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55081/7/55081.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55081/13/55081_Frequency%20diversity%20improvement%20factor_Scopus.pdf Kesavan, U. and Islam, Md. Rafiqul and Abdullah, Khaizuran and Tharek, A.R. (2016) Frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region. In: 6th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2016), 25th-27th July 2016, Kuala Lumpur. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7808284/ 10.1109/ICCCE.2016.26
spellingShingle TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
Kesavan, U.
Islam, Md. Rafiqul
Abdullah, Khaizuran
Tharek, A.R.
Frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region
title Frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region
title_full Frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region
title_fullStr Frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region
title_full_unstemmed Frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region
title_short Frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region
title_sort frequency diversity improvement factor for rain fade at terrestrial link in tropical region
topic TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/55081/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55081/7/55081.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55081/13/55081_Frequency%20diversity%20improvement%20factor_Scopus.pdf