Investigation of the unified rain attenuation prediction method with data from tropical climates

Abdulrahman, A. Y. and Rahman, T. A. and Islam, Md. Rafiqul and Olufeagba, B. J. and Abdulrahman, T. A. and Akanni, J. and Amuda, S. A. Y. (2014) Investigation of the unified rain attenuation prediction method with data from tropical climates. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 13. pp. 1108-1111. ISSN 1536-1225

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Abstract

The semi-empirical method recently proposed by Silva Mello and Pontes (SMP) for the prediction of rain attenuation in slant paths is investigated in this letter. The SMP method uses the simplified model of equivalent rain cell and the concept of an effective rain rate. However, substantial deviations were observed in SMP predictions when compared to the rain cell diameters derived from experimental data. The measured rain rates and attenuations were obtained from three tropical climates (Australia, and USM and IIUM both in Malaysia). The measured rain attenuation complementary cumulative distributions (CCDs) were also compared to SMP and the Rec. ITU-R P. 618-11. The test results show that the ITU-R model performs much better compared to SMP method in the three tropical climates.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3802/39090
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Correction factor, effective rain height, ITU-R 618-11, rain attenuation complementary cumulative distribution (CCD), rain cell diameter, Silva Mello and Pontes (SMP) method, tropical climates
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam
Date Deposited:	12 Nov 2014 16:36
Last Modified:	21 Sep 2017 14:59
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/39090

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