F07: Fixed Terrestrial Links: Measurements, Models and Planning-Procedures

Tuesday, August 19  13:40-15:40,  Room #4

Session Chairs: Madhu Chandra, Luiz da Silva Mello

The session welcomes contributions relating to measurements, modeling, and prediction-procedures of propagation parameters for fixed terrestrial links. The topics may include the general areas of attenuation, depolarization, and scintillations. In particular, contributions addressing rain-attenuation prediction, synthesizers, and dynamics are of interest. The papers can be based on data analysis, measurements and algorithms for quantitatively and qualitatively assessing terrestrial-fixed-link properties. The session-papers are expected to reflect the state-of-the-art methods used in design and planning of fixed terrestrial links in respect to fading-outages, spatial and temporal dependence of rain-intensity, and possibly depolarization, and scintillations. The session seeks contributions that particularly emphasize cross-connections to current research campaigns, international actions and system developments.

13:40  F07.1   NEW METHODS FOR THE PREDICTION OF RAIN ATTENUATION IN TERRESTRIAL LINKS

L. da Silva Mello1, F. Andrade2, M. Almeida3, M. Pontes1

1CETUC/PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
3Inmetro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


14:00  F07.2   RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR 70/80 GHZ BACKHAUL LINKS PROVIDING GIGABIT CAPACITIES TO BROADBAND MOBILE NETWORKS

T. Tjelta

Telenor Research, Fornebu, Norway


14:20  F07.3   ANALYSIS OF TERRAIN EFFECTS ON RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION THROUGH A FULL SOLUTION OF AN INTEGRAL EQUATION

E. Costa1, M. Liniger2

1CETUC PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
2LiniKomm GmbH, Bern, Switzerland


14:40  F07.4   PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS ON TERRESTRIAL LINKS IN MADRID

A. Benarroch1, J. M. García-rubia2, J. M. Riera1, P. García-del-pino1, G. A. Siles1

1UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID, MADRID, Spain
2The Catholic University of America, WASHINGTON DC, USA


15:00  F07.5   SURFACE REFRACTIVITY GRADIENT DATA FOR RADIO SYSTEM DESIGN

S. J. Salamon1,2, H. J. Hansen3, D. Abbott1

1School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2Radio Transport, Telstra Corporation, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
3CEWD, DSTO, Edinburgh, South Australia, Australia


15:20  F07.6   GEOCLIMATIC FACTOR AND POINT REFRACTIVITY EVALUATION IN QUEBEC-CANADA

B. L. Agba1, Y. Bettouche2, A. B. Kouki2

1IREQ (Hydro-Quebec), Varennes, Canada
2Ecole de technologie superieure, Montreal, Canada