Some influences of rainfall on satellite/ground microwave system installation costs
Abstract
The cost of installation of antennas at a proposed earth station site will likely be increased because of the larger sizes and powers needed to combat the degradation effects of transmission through storms. An attempt is made here to assess some of these costs based on data and modeling of storms. An attempt is also made to briefly analyze the cost effectiveness of site diversity as a solution to the problem of storm degradation. It becomes apparent that the use of site diversity involves a major tradeoff between transmission-reception availability and added cost.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978STIN...7832337D
- Keywords:
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- Cost Estimates;
- Ground Stations;
- Microwave Antennas;
- Radio Relay Systems;
- Rainstorms;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Communication Satellites;
- Satellite Ground Support;
- Telecommunication;
- Communications and Radar