Characteristics of Rain Fade Slopes on Microwave Communication in Mowe, Nigeria
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2021
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Journal of Physics: Conference Series PAPER
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 secondorder
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, Microwave communication, Rain rate, Rain attenuation, Satellite communication, Normal distribution