Prediction model of fade duration statistics for satellite links between 10-50 GHz

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 260-263

  Cheffena, Michael ^a   Amaya, César ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fade duration; Propagation; Rain attenuation

Indexed keywords

FADE DURATION; ITU-R MODEL; LARGE DATABASE; LOG-NORMAL FUNCTIONS; NEW MODEL; PREDICTION MODEL; PROPAGATION; RAIN ATTENUATION; RAIN EVENTS; TEST RESULTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SATELLITE LINKS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 70450051470     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.921369     Document Type: Article

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