Characteristics of rain fade slopes on microwave communication in Mowe, Nigeria
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2021
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IOP Publishing
Abstract
In this paper, the rain fade characteristics at Ka-band (30 GHz) in Mowe (Lat 6.80o N, Lon 3.40o E) Nigeria have been presented. The analysis includes both the first- and second- order statistics of rain rate and rain attenuation, and fade duration and fade slope, respectively. Both parameters are useful for planning the point-to-point microwave link for various communication feeder networks. The estimated fade duration and the fade slope were compared with the ITU-R P.837-5 model. The results of this study would be valuable for improving rain fade mitigation techniques in Nigeria.
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Rain fade slopes, Rain attenuation, Rain rate, Point-to-point microwave link, Fade duration, Fade duration statistics
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Sanyaolu, M.E., Dairo, O.F., Akinyemi, G.A. and Willoughby, A.A. (2021) Characteristics of rain fade slopes on microwave communication in Mowe, Nigeria, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2034(1), 012003, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2034/1/012003.