Rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links
The dynamic characteristic of rain fade slope is one important factor in determining the availability of a communication system, and it is very useful in the design of fade countermeasures. In the literature, many models were proposed for rain fade slope for earth-to-satellite links. However, there...
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| author | Chebil, Jalel Islam, Md Rafiqul Zyoud, Al-Hareth Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Dao, Hassan |
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| description | The dynamic characteristic of rain fade slope is one important factor in determining the availability of a communication system, and it is very useful in the design of fade countermeasures. In the literature, many models were proposed for rain fade slope for earth-to-satellite links.
However, there are no models available for rain fade point to point terrestrial microwave links. This paper proposes a new model for the estimation of rain fade slope statistics for terrestrial microwave links in tropical regions. First, the ITU-R model for rain fade slope for earth-to-satellite link was compared with the corresponding statistics obtained from rain
attenuation data measured from three terrestrial links in Malaysia. It is found that the expression of its distribution and its standard deviation should be modified. This leads to the derivation of the proposed rain fade slope model based on the statistics of one link. Then, it is tested using the remaining data and its results were very close to the measured statistics for all attenuation levels higher than 1 dB. Moreover, the model was validated using the chisquare goodness-of-fit test. |
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| spelling | iium-779912025-01-21T13:25:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77991/ Rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links Chebil, Jalel Islam, Md Rafiqul Zyoud, Al-Hareth Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Dao, Hassan TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television The dynamic characteristic of rain fade slope is one important factor in determining the availability of a communication system, and it is very useful in the design of fade countermeasures. In the literature, many models were proposed for rain fade slope for earth-to-satellite links. However, there are no models available for rain fade point to point terrestrial microwave links. This paper proposes a new model for the estimation of rain fade slope statistics for terrestrial microwave links in tropical regions. First, the ITU-R model for rain fade slope for earth-to-satellite link was compared with the corresponding statistics obtained from rain attenuation data measured from three terrestrial links in Malaysia. It is found that the expression of its distribution and its standard deviation should be modified. This leads to the derivation of the proposed rain fade slope model based on the statistics of one link. Then, it is tested using the remaining data and its results were very close to the measured statistics for all attenuation levels higher than 1 dB. Moreover, the model was validated using the chisquare goodness-of-fit test. Cambridge University Press 2020-01-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77991/1/77991_Rain%20fade%20slope%20model%20for%20terrestrial.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77991/2/77991_Rain%20fade%20slope%20model%20for%20terrestrial_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77991/3/77991_Rain%20fade%20slope%20model%20for%20terrestrial_WOS.pdf Chebil, Jalel and Islam, Md Rafiqul and Zyoud, Al-Hareth and Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi and Dao, Hassan (2020) Rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links. International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, 12 (5). pp. 372-379. ISSN 1759-0787 http://doi.org/10.1017/S1759078719001600 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1759078719001600 |
| spellingShingle | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television Chebil, Jalel Islam, Md Rafiqul Zyoud, Al-Hareth Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Dao, Hassan Rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links |
| title | Rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links |
| title_full | Rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links |
| title_fullStr | Rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links |
| title_short | Rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links |
| title_sort | rain fade slope model for terrestrial microwave links |
| topic | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television |
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