Two-year rain fade empirical measurement and statistics of earth-space link at ka-band in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Yasser Asrul, Ahmad, Fadzil Ismail, Badron, Khairayu
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: The Academy of Sciences Malaysia 2019
• Subjects: TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/68644/13/68644_Two-year%20rain%20fade%20empirical%20measurement%20and%20statistics_new.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/68644/7/68644_Two-year%20rain%20fade%20empirical%20measurement_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/68644/; https://www.akademisains.gov.my/asmsj/article/asm-sc-j-12-special-issue-2-2019-malaysia-in-space/

Satellite communication links at a frequency above 10 GHz experience severe attenuation due to rain, particularly in tropical regions. Reliable long-term rain fade empirical data for Ka-band satellite link in Malaysia and tropical areas are indeed limited. The main objective of this paper is to prov...