Rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in Malaysia
Attenuation due to rain is an important constraint in microwave radio link design especially at frequencies above 10 GHz. It restricts the path length of radio communication systems and limits the use of higher frequencies for line-of-sight microwave links and satellite communications. In order to p...
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| description | Attenuation due to rain is an important constraint in microwave radio link design especially at frequencies above 10 GHz. It restricts the path length of radio communication systems and limits the use of higher frequencies for line-of-sight microwave links and satellite communications. In order to predict the attenuation due to rain accurately rainfall intensity is required with 1-minute integration time. Rainfall is a meteorological phenomenon with complex structure due to its variability in space, duration and occurrence frequency, particularly in tropical and equatorial regions. Since, the statistical distribution of rain attenuation is obtained from the rain rate distribution for the region considered, it should be noted that the accuracy of the rain rate measurement affects the accuracy of the attenuation estimation. This paper presents rain intensity with 1-minute integration time measured for 6 years in Malaysia, it’s distribution, comparison with other prediction models and impact on high frequency microwave links. |
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| spelling | iium-610172018-01-11T01:32:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61017/ Rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in Malaysia Islam, Md. Rafiqul Alam, Md. Moktarul Lwas, Ali Kodhim TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television Attenuation due to rain is an important constraint in microwave radio link design especially at frequencies above 10 GHz. It restricts the path length of radio communication systems and limits the use of higher frequencies for line-of-sight microwave links and satellite communications. In order to predict the attenuation due to rain accurately rainfall intensity is required with 1-minute integration time. Rainfall is a meteorological phenomenon with complex structure due to its variability in space, duration and occurrence frequency, particularly in tropical and equatorial regions. Since, the statistical distribution of rain attenuation is obtained from the rain rate distribution for the region considered, it should be noted that the accuracy of the rain rate measurement affects the accuracy of the attenuation estimation. This paper presents rain intensity with 1-minute integration time measured for 6 years in Malaysia, it’s distribution, comparison with other prediction models and impact on high frequency microwave links. 2017 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61017/21/61017-Rain%20rate%20distributions%20for%20microwave%20link%20design.pdf Islam, Md. Rafiqul and Alam, Md. Moktarul and Lwas, Ali Kodhim (2017) Rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Electrical, Electronic, Communication and Control Engineering 2017, 5th-6th December 2017, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television Islam, Md. Rafiqul Alam, Md. Moktarul Lwas, Ali Kodhim Rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in Malaysia |
| title | Rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in Malaysia |
| title_full | Rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in Malaysia |
| title_short | Rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in Malaysia |
| title_sort | rain rate distributions for microwave link design based on long term measurement in malaysia |
| topic | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/61017/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/61017/21/61017-Rain%20rate%20distributions%20for%20microwave%20link%20design.pdf |