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Analysis of C/N Variation of Ku Band Satellite Beacon Receiver According to Rain Attenuation

강우 감쇠에 따른 Ku 대역 위성 비콘 수신기 C/N 변화 해석

  • Park, Dae-Kil (Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Soon (Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University) ;
  • Koo, Kyung Heon (Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University)
  • Received : 2018.08.16
  • Accepted : 2018.10.23
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

This paper predicts and measures the C/N ratio of a beacon signal transmitted from geostationary orbit satellite KorSat 5A ($113^{\circ}E$) at a ground station located in Kimpo. Based on the ground stations, we compared the rain attenuation of the zone K of ITU-R and the rain attenuation which analyzed the domestic weather information. In ITU-R, the Korean rainfall characteristics are classified into zone K, but forecasting the rainfall intensity and attenuation of three adjacent cities based on the cumulative rainfall data per minute from 2013 to 2017. The calculation of rainfall path and attenuation is based on ITU-R recommendations. The change of the C/N according to the rainfall amount was confirmed through the 2 week satellite beacon signal C/N measurement. The predicted critical C/N was decreased to 12 dB at $A_{0.3}$. During the experiment, it was confirmed that it decreased up to 8 dB according to the concentrated rainfall.

본 논문은 정지궤도위성인 KorSat 5A($113^{\circ}E$)에서 송신하는 비콘 신호를 김포에 위치한 지상국에서 수신할 때의 C/N (carrier to noise ratio)을 예측하고 측정하였다. 지상국을 기준으로, ITU-R의 zone K 강우 감쇠와 국내 기상정보를 분석한 강우 감쇠를 비교하였다. ITU-R에서는 우리나라 강우 특성을 zone K로 일괄 분류하였으나, 2013년부터 2017년까지의 분당 누적 강우 데이터를 바탕으로 지상국 인접 3개 도시의 강우 강도 및 감쇠를 예측하였다. 강우 경로와 감쇠 대한 계산은 ITU-R 권고를 참고하였다. 2주간의 위성비콘 신호 C/N 측정을 통해 강우량에 따른 C/N의 변화를 확인하였으며, $A_{0.3}$일 때 예측된 임계 C/N은 12 dB, 실험기간 동안 집중된 강우에 따라 최대 8 dB까지 감소하는 것을 확인하였다.

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