Assessments of time diversity rain fade mitigation technique for v-band space-earth link operating in tropical climate

• Main Authors: M Saad@Md Saad, Nurul Wahida, Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Badron, Khairayu, Mohd Sobli, Nuurul Hudaa, Din, Jafri, Abdul Rahman, Tharek
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: ETPub 2013
• Subjects: TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/35621/1/wahida_j.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/35621/; http://www.ijoee.org//index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=35&id=68

Satellite communication systems are moving towards greater capacity. Millimeter wave frequency offers a large bandwidth allocation, requires small antenna size and should not experience congested spectrum environment. Nonetheless, rain posses a grave threat to such satellite communication links espe...