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A study of the joint statistics of rain depolarization and attenuation applied to the prediction of radio link performance
Author(s) -
Kanellopoulos J. D.,
Clarke R. H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs016i002p00203
Subject(s) - attenuation , joint probability distribution , fading , polarization (electrochemistry) , microwave transmission , fade , statistics , microwave , environmental science , radio link protocol , meteorology , joint (building) , remote sensing , computer science , mathematics , statistical physics , physics , optics , telecommunications , geology , acoustics , architectural engineering , wireless , engineering , decoding methods , chemistry
A theoretical formula is derived for the joint statistics of cross‐polarization discrimination (XPD) and rain attenuation for a microwave link. This formula is then applied to the prediction of the distribution of XPD conditional on the copolar rain attenuation and also to the prediction of the distribution of XPD during a rain fade. Application is also made to the estimation of outage time of a dual‐polarization communication system. Theoretical results are compared with experimental data from the eastern USA and southern England, and the agreement has been found to be quite good.