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2015-02-05
Dynamic Properties of Rain Attenuation in Athens, Greece: Slant Path Rain Attenuation Synthesizer and Dynamic Diversity Gain
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Charilaos I. Kourogiorgas,

    Mr. Charilaos I. Kourogiorgas

    School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

    National Technical University of Athens

    Greece

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Athanasios Panagopoulos,

    Dr. Athanasios Panagopoulos

    Dept of EE & CE

    NTUA

    Greece

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Spiros N. Livieratos,

    Professor Spiros N. Livieratos

    Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering Educators

    School of Pedagogical and Technological Education

    Greece

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George Chatzarakis

    Prof. George Chatzarakis

    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

    School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE)

    Greece

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 41, 43-50, 2015
doi:10.2528/PIERM14112701 | Google Scholar

Abstract
In this paper, the dynamics of rain attenuation are examined, and dynamic diversity gain is evaluated for a pico-scale site diversity system. Since modern satellite communication systems operate at frequencies above 10 GHz, their efficient design requires the adoption of Propagation Impairment Mitigation techniques and so rain attenuation time series synthesizers. For rain attenuation, which is the most dominant fading mechanism, the dynamic stochastic model, proposed by Maseng-Bakken, based on the lognormal distribution is the most widely accepted and used. In this latter model, the dynamic parameter is required for the generation of slant path rain attenuation time series. In this paper, firstly, a simple expression is proposed for the calculation of the dynamic parameter in terms of the mean wind speed, elevation angle of the link, and dynamic parameter of rainfall rate. The new theoretical expression is tested with simulated data with very encouraging results. This expression is then used into a unified rain attenuation synthesizer with inputs from the rainfall rate statistics and the satellite slant path characteristics. Finally, the dynamic diversity gain is calculated for pico-scale site diversity systems for various link characteristics.
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Charilaos I. Kourogiorgas, Athanasios Panagopoulos, Spiros N. Livieratos, and George Chatzarakis, "Dynamic Properties of Rain Attenuation in Athens, Greece: Slant Path Rain Attenuation Synthesizer and Dynamic Diversity Gain," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 41, 43-50, 2015.
doi:10.2528/PIERM14112701
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