Measurement of rain attenuation over a short path at 30 GHz
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Lahaie, P.; Lecours, M.
- Source
- IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest Antennas and propagation Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest. 4:2552-2555 vol.4 1997
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Aerospace
Attenuation measurement
Rain
Equations
Linear regression
Frequency
Receiving antennas
Polarization
Uncertainty
Least mean squares methods
Taylor series
- Language
The results of rain attenuation measurements at 30 GHz are presented and compared to data given by the ITU-R for the same frequency. The experiment took place in Quebec city and shows that the ITU-R is overestimating the mean attenuation by 20%. The measurement technique and signal processing method are discussed.