Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on microwave links measured in Khartoum

Elsheikh, Elfatih A. A. and Islam, Md. Rafiqul and Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi and Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil and Chebil, Jale (2015) Preliminary analysis of dust storm effects on microwave links measured in Khartoum. In: 2015 IEEE 12th Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC), 23rd-25th November 2015, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Abstract

A field study on dust storm effect on Microwave links in arid area covering a wide range of radio frequency was conducted for seven months in Khartoum, Sudan. The study involves computerized monitoring of Transmitted and Received signal levels of (TRSL) of six Microwave links operating at Ku (14GHz) and Ka (21GHz) bands as well as an automatic weather station. This paper presents a description of the experiment and reports preliminary results of measuring dust storms as they affect the radio wave propagation at Ku and Ka bands. The effect of dust storms on propagation is studied by measuring the storm parameters; visibility and induced attenuation due to these storms. The preliminary result shows that the higher frequency is more affected by dust storms than the lower. In addition, the attenuation increases with lengths of the link. Key Words-dust storm attenuation, visibility, microwave links.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	6727/53811
Uncontrolled Keywords:	dust storm attenuation, visibility, microwave links.
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices > TK7885 Computer engineering
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. Mohamed Hadi Habaebi
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2017 09:51
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2017 16:30
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/53811

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