Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)2596-2600
Abstract
The attenuation of Microwave communication signals operating at 30 GHz and
20 GHz has been measured as a function of rain rate. The line of sight distance between the
transmitters and receivers was 2.3 km. It is experimentally observed that as the rain starts
falling the signal received by the receivers at both the frequencies starts decreasing and as the
rain rate starts increasing, the signals received by both the receivers starts decreasing and reaches
to a minimum value when the rain rate is highest and as the rain rate starts decreasing the signal
received at both the frequencies starts increasing and reaches the previous maximum value when
the rain stops. This shows that microwave signal is absorbed by water contents of rain and we
must transmit more power during rain to get the same power at the receiver. However, the
increase in power at the transmitter end will depend on the rain rate. It is observed that the
attenuation of microwave signal operating at 30 GHz and 20 GHz follow the same pattern. Line of
sight path attenuation as a function of rain rate has also been experimentally measured at these
frequencies. It is observed that the rain induced attenuation increases at both the frequencies
as the rainfall rate increases. It is observed that the rain induced attenuation at 30 GHz is
higher than at 20 GHz for the same rainfall rate. Specific rain induced attenuation has also been
calculated using Medhurst technique and compared with Marshal and Palmer and International
Telecommunication Union Models.
Rain attenuation parameters as a function of rainfall rate obtained in this experimental study
can be used for designing efficient and reliable terrestrial and satellite communication systems.
Citation
Inderjit Singh Hudiara,
"Absorption of 30 and 20 GHz Microwave Communication Signal as a Function of Rain Rate," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)2596-2600