Simulation of joint statistics of rain attenuation in multiple sites across wide areas using ITALSAT data

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 8 II, 2005, Pages 2611-2622

  Bertorelli, Stefano ^a   Paraboni, Aldo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attenuation measurements; Modeling; Rain attenuation; Satellite communication; Space distribution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; RAIN ATTENUATION; SPACE DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 27644484574     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.851750     Document Type: Article

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