ANÁLISE DA DINÂMICA DA ATENUAÇÃO POR CHUVAS EM REGIÕES TROPICAIS / DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF RAIN ATTENUATION IN TROPICAL REGIONS

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2008

RESUMO

The main effect causing non-availability in radio communication systems operating in frequencies above 10GHz, is the rain attenuation, particularly the heavy convective rain that is predominant in tropical regions. This thesis presents a detailed study and modelling of the dynamics of rain attenuation in terrestrial links and earthspace links, based on data obtained in long-term experimental measurements in Brazil. The dynamic aspects of rain attenuation can be described by probability distribution functions of three variables: the rate of change of the attenuation with time (fade slope), the number of events of a certain level of attenuation to be exceeded and the individual duration of these events. In other words, the level crossing applied to the attenuation time series. In contrast to the cumulative distribution of the attenuation, from which limited information can effectively be obtained, the separate statistical analysis of each level of attenuation can provide a complete understanding of the phenomenon, allowing the development of adaptive power control techniques, methods for signal adaptation using codes, modulation or bits rate and the design of spacial, routing, site and time diversity strategies. The work is based on rain attenuation data measured in terrestrial and earth-space links operating at frequencies above 10 GHz in 6 Brazilian locations. The study includes the analysis and modelling of the statistical behaviour of the rate of variation of the attenuation with time and the event durations. Also considered, is the level crossing problem applied to the availability concept. As mentioned, the information obtained from the dynamic analysis results and modelling can be used for the treatment of various fundamental problems in the radio communication system project. A contribution to increase the database of dynamic attenuation mainly in tropical and equatorial climates, where data is scarce, is also a result of this thesis.

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radio meteorology radio propagacao dinamica da atenuacao por chuvas atenuacao por chuvas radio meteorologia fade slope rain attenuation dynamic rain attenuation radio propagation rain attenuation taxa de variacao da atenuacao por chuvas

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