Abstract
The engineering of satellite communication systems at frequencies above 10GHz requires a method for estimating rain-caused outage probabilities on the earth-satellite path. A procedure for predicting a rain attenuation distribution from a point rainfall rate distribution is, therefore, needed. In order to predict rain attenuation on the satellite link, several prediction models such as ITU-R, Global, SAM, DAH model, have been developed and used at a particular propagation condition, they may not be appropriate to a propagation condition in Korean territory. In this paper, a new rain attenuation prediction method appropriate to a propagation condition in Korea is introduced. Based on the results from ETRI measurements, a new method has been derived for an empirical approach with an identification on the horizontal correction factor as in current ITU-R method, and the vertical correction factor has been suggested with decreasing power law as a function of rainfall rate. This proposed model uses the entire rainfall rate distribution as input to the model, while the ITU-R and DAH model approaches only use a single 0.01% annual rainfall rate and assume that the attenuation at other probability levels can be determined from that single point distribution. This new model was compared with several world-wide prediction models. Based on the analysis, we can easily know the importance of the model choice to predict rain attenuation for a particular location in the radio communication system design.
위성통신 경로의 강우감쇠량을 예측하기 위하여 국제적으로 여러 가지 예측모델들이 개발 운용되고 있다. 이러한 예측 모델들은 대부분 미국과 유럽을 비롯한 위성 선진국에서 개발한 것으로 국내의 강우환경을 고려하여 개발된 모델은 없는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 한국전자통신연구원에서 측정한 강우환경 및 강우감쇠 데이터를 이용하여, 국내 위성통신망에서 고려할 수 있는 강우감쇠량 예측 방법에 대해 기술하였다. 특히, 기존 예측 모델들이 적용한 강우경로의 수평적 변화를 고려한 유효경로 길이 예측 기법에서 탈피하여, 위성통신망에서 필연적으로 고려하여야 할 강우경로의 수직적 변화까지도 고려한 유효경로 예측기법을 유도하고 이를 제안하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 예측 기법은 국내 강우환경에 적합한 예측 기법으로써, 향후 설계 및 운용될 10GHz 이상의 국내 위성 및 무선통신시스템에 매우 효율적으로 활용할 수 있을 것이다. ^u The engineering of satellite communication systems at frequencies above 10GHz requires a method for estimating rain-caused outage probabilities on the earth-satellite path. A procedure for predicting a rain attenuation distribution from a point rainfall rate distribution is, therefore, needed. In order to predict rain attenuation on the satellite link, several prediction models such as ITU-R, Global, SAM, DAH model, have been developed and used at a particular propagation condition, they may not be appropriate to a propagation condition in Korean territory. In this paper, a new rain attenuation prediction method appropriate to a propagation condition in Korea is introduced. Based on the results from ETRI measurements, a new method has been derived for an empirical approach with an identification on the horizontal correction factor as in current ITU-R method, and the vertical correction factor has been suggested with decreasing power law as a function of rainfall rate. This proposed model uses the entire rainfall rate distribution as input to the model, while the ITU-R and DAH model approaches only use a single 0.01% annual rainfall rate and assume that the attenuation at other probability levels can be determined from that single point distribution. This new model was compared with several world-wide prediction models. Based on the analysis, we can easilty know the importance of the model choice to predict rain attenuation for a particular location in the radio communication system design.
