Open AccessDevelopment of software for Ku-Band signal availability due to rain attenuation
Author(s) -
Norsuzila Ya’acob,
Noraisyah Tajudin,
Muhammad Rezza Alui,
Nani Fadzliim,
Murizah Kassim,
Wan Norsyafizan W. Muhamad
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indonesian journal of electrical engineering and computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.241
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2502-4760
pISSN - 2502-4752
DOI - 10.11591/ijeecs.v13.i3.pp1252-1258
Subject(s) - attenuation , ku band , signal (programming language) , meteorology , remote sensing , cumulative distribution function , environmental science , satellite , range (aeronautics) , span (engineering) , communications satellite , computer science , telecommunications , geography , physics , engineering , optics , mathematics , statistics , probability density function , aerospace engineering , civil engineering , programming language
Ku-Band signal is often used for satellite communication mainly for direct to home (DTH) broadcasting. One of the major issues using this band is that the signal will be affected by raindrops. Raindrops absorb and scatter signal that operates at a frequency of more than 10 GHz. However, studies have been done to predict and measure the rainfall rate and rain attenuation. The rain attenuation in Ku-Band range and the rain rate were measured at satellite receiving dish, pointed towards the orbital slot 91.5 E over a one-year period in 2013. The cumulative distribution of rain rate obtained as well as a cumulative distribution of rain attenuation obtained are presented and compared with the rain prediction models. The aim is to get the best model to be used for the purpose of software development. It was found out that the DAH prediction model is fairly equitable when compared to direct satellite dish receiving measurements in Malaysia. The model provided a suitable baseline in developing a user interface software for weather prediction.