Assessment of X-band earth-satellite link rain attenuation prediction in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Badron, Khairayu, Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Hasan, Mohamad Kamrul, Ismail, Mazslan, Ooi, Sock Teng, Daim, Terence Jerome
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: INSI Publications 2014
• Subjects: TA197 Engineering meteorology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/40699/1/008-AJBAS-Published.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/40699/; http://www.ajbasweb.com/

Predicted rain fade values for an Earth-satellite link operating at X-band frequency had been generated using the latest ITU-R Recommendation, P618-11. Rain fade values for the very same link were also estimated using the "radar-derived attenuation" technique. The radar technique inv...