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Analysis of Time Diversity Gain for Satellite Communication Link based on Ku-Band Rain Attenuation Data Measured in Malaysia Islam Md. Rafiqul; Ali Kadhim Lwas; Mohamed Hadi Habaebi; Md Moktarul Alam; Jalel Chebil; Jit Singh Mandeep; Alhareth Zyoud
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (693.029 KB) | DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2608-2613

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This paper reports a study on mitigation of propagation impairments on Earth–space communication links. The study uses time diversity as a technique for mitigating rain propagation impairment in order to rectify rain fade. Rain attenuation time series along earth-to-satellite link were measured for two years period at 12.255 GHz in Malaysia. The time diversity technique was applied on measured rain fade to investigate the level of possible improvement in system. Time diversity gain from measured one-minute rain attenuation for two years period was estimated and significant improvement was observed with different delays of time. These findings will be utilized as a useful tool for link designers to apply time diversity as a rain fade mitigation technique in Earth-satellite communications systems.
Analysis of rain fade slope for terrestrial links Jalel Chebil; Al-Hareth Zyoud; Mohamed Hadi Habaebi; Islam Md. Rafiqul; Hassan Dao
Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Vol 18, No 2: May 2020
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/ijeecs.v18.i2.pp896-902

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Rainfall can cause severe degradation to the operation of microwave links working with frequencies above 10 GHz. Many studies have investigated this problem, and one of the factors that attract the attention of researcher is rain fade slope which is the rate of change of rain attenuation. The focus of this study is on rain fade slope for terrestrial links and it is based on measurement conducted in Malaysia. This paper investigates the characteristics of the measured rain fade slope distribution for various attenuation levels. Then, the ITU-R model for rain fade slope is compared with the corresponding statistics obtained from the measured data. Significant discrepancies have been observed since the ITU-R prediction model does not fit the measured fade slope distribution for many attenuation levels. It is recommended to modify the expression of the standard deviation in the ITU-R model when implemented in tropical regions.