Fade and Interfade Duration Characteristics in a Slant-Path Ka-Band Link

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 7198-7206

  Garcia Rubia, Jose Miguel ^a   Riera, Jose Manuel ^b   Garcia Del Pino, Pedro ^b   Pimienta Del Valle, Domingo ^b   Siles, Gustavo A ^c  

^a Virginia International University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PRIVADA BOLIVIANA   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Attenuation measurement; fade duration; fade dynamics; interannual variability; propagation measurements; rain; rain attenuation; satellite communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; RAIN; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE LINKS; SATELLITES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; FADE DURATION; FADE DYNAMICS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS; RAIN ATTENUATION; SATELLITE BROADCASTING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

STATISTICS;

EID: 85030754183     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2017.2758839     Document Type: Article

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