@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10010466,
	  title     = {Rain Cell Ratio Technique in Path Attenuation for Terrestrial Radio Links},
	  author    = {Peter Odero Akuon},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {A rain cell ratio model is proposed that computes attenuation of the smallest rain cell which represents the maximum rain rate value i.e. the cell size when rainfall rate is exceeded 0.01% of the time, R0.01 and predicts attenuation for other cells as the ratio with this maximum. This model incorporates the dependence of the path factor r on the ellipsoidal path variation of the Fresnel zone at different frequencies. In addition, the inhomogeneity of rainfall is modeled by a rain drop packing density factor. In order to derive the model, two empirical methods that can be used to find rain cell size distribution Dc are presented. Subsequently, attenuation measurements from different climatic zones for terrestrial radio links with frequencies F in the range 7-38 GHz are used to test the proposed model. Prediction results show that the path factor computed from the rain cell ratio technique has improved reliability when compared with other path factor and effective rain rate models, including the current ITU-R 530-15 model of 2013.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering},
	  volume    = {13},
	  number    = {6},
	  year      = {2019},
	  pages     = {403 - 411},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10010466},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/150},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 150, 2019},
	}