Title
Earth-to-Earth Microwave Rain Attenuation Measurements: A Survey On the Recent Literature.
Abstract
Many works have been conducted relevant to rainfall measurements, while the first relevant ones were based on the power loss estimation function from wireless links located back to the early 1940s. It is notable, though, that this innovative idea conduced to many theoretical models correlating the signal attenuation to the rainfall intensity. This type of parameter strongly contributes to the mechanism of frequency attenuation above 10 GHz. Consequently, in the last twenty years, there has been a significant boost to this research topic. Researchers all around the world have worked thoroughly on the issue of estimating rain with the use of earth-to-earth microwave signal attenuation. Nevertheless, the issue remains intriguing and challenging. This paper presents a literature survey, of the last decade, on this challenging issue focusing on measurements from backhaul cellular microwave links and experimental setups. Research challenges and future trends are also presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.3390/sym12091440
SYMMETRY-BASEL
Keywords
DocType
Volume
microwave links,rain attenuation,measurements,signal propagation,experimental setups,backhaul cellular networks
Journal
12
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
9
2
0.37
References 
Authors
24
9