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Improvements of Signal Gain for MEASAT-2 and MEASAT-3 using Orbital Diversity under Rain Attenuation: A Simulation Approach.

The effect of rain attenuation becomes significant for satellites operating at 10 GHz and above. This has become a matter of concern, especially in tropical regions where relatively heavy rainfall occurs throughout the year. Orbital diversity (OD) is seen to be a viable method to mitigate rain att...

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Main Authors: Harun, Harlisya, Agil, Halid, Abdul Rashid, Ruhaida
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Language:English
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Published: 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28442/1/Improvements%20of%20Signal%20Gain%20for%20MEASAT.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.284422015-09-11T01:50:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28442/ Improvements of Signal Gain for MEASAT-2 and MEASAT-3 using Orbital Diversity under Rain Attenuation: A Simulation Approach. Harun, Harlisya Agil, Halid Abdul Rashid, Ruhaida The effect of rain attenuation becomes significant for satellites operating at 10 GHz and above. This has become a matter of concern, especially in tropical regions where relatively heavy rainfall occurs throughout the year. Orbital diversity (OD) is seen to be a viable method to mitigate rain attenuation. It employs multiple satellites transmitting identical signal streams toward a mutual ground station. Although OD has been studied with great interest in regions such as Europe, there is little information of OD research in tropical regions, particularly in Malaysia. Therefore, this paper proposed an analytical approach towards the study of OD in Malaysian climate using MEASAT satellites. The performance of OD is dependent upon the operating frequency and the satellite’s elevation angle. From the simulation, the rain attenuation increases exponentially with the increasing frequency. Therefore, the signal gain decreases in inverse exponential manner. The simulation also shows that MEASAT-3, having an elevation angle of 77.695°, experiences higher signal attenuation than MEASAT-2 (elevation angle 34.324°). Using signal combination, an OD signal experiences signal boost of up to 2.3 times the individual signal gain. With this significant finding, the OD is proposed to mitigate rain attenuation in Malaysia. 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28442/1/Improvements%20of%20Signal%20Gain%20for%20MEASAT.pdf Harun, Harlisya and Agil, Halid and Abdul Rashid, Ruhaida (2013) Improvements of Signal Gain for MEASAT-2 and MEASAT-3 using Orbital Diversity under Rain Attenuation: A Simulation Approach. International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, 4 (7). pp. 367-372. ISSN 2229-5518 http://www.ijser.org/paper/IMPROVEMENTS-OF-SIGNAL-GAIN-FOR-MEASAT2-AND-MEASAT3-USING-ORBITAL-DIVERSITY-UNDER-RAIN-ATTENUATION-A-SIMULATION-APPROACH.html English
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description The effect of rain attenuation becomes significant for satellites operating at 10 GHz and above. This has become a matter of concern, especially in tropical regions where relatively heavy rainfall occurs throughout the year. Orbital diversity (OD) is seen to be a viable method to mitigate rain attenuation. It employs multiple satellites transmitting identical signal streams toward a mutual ground station. Although OD has been studied with great interest in regions such as Europe, there is little information of OD research in tropical regions, particularly in Malaysia. Therefore, this paper proposed an analytical approach towards the study of OD in Malaysian climate using MEASAT satellites. The performance of OD is dependent upon the operating frequency and the satellite’s elevation angle. From the simulation, the rain attenuation increases exponentially with the increasing frequency. Therefore, the signal gain decreases in inverse exponential manner. The simulation also shows that MEASAT-3, having an elevation angle of 77.695°, experiences higher signal attenuation than MEASAT-2 (elevation angle 34.324°). Using signal combination, an OD signal experiences signal boost of up to 2.3 times the individual signal gain. With this significant finding, the OD is proposed to mitigate rain attenuation in Malaysia.
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author Harun, Harlisya
Agil, Halid
Abdul Rashid, Ruhaida
spellingShingle Harun, Harlisya
Agil, Halid
Abdul Rashid, Ruhaida
Improvements of Signal Gain for MEASAT-2 and MEASAT-3 using Orbital Diversity under Rain Attenuation: A Simulation Approach.
author_facet Harun, Harlisya
Agil, Halid
Abdul Rashid, Ruhaida
author_sort Harun, Harlisya
title Improvements of Signal Gain for MEASAT-2 and MEASAT-3 using Orbital Diversity under Rain Attenuation: A Simulation Approach.
title_short Improvements of Signal Gain for MEASAT-2 and MEASAT-3 using Orbital Diversity under Rain Attenuation: A Simulation Approach.
title_full Improvements of Signal Gain for MEASAT-2 and MEASAT-3 using Orbital Diversity under Rain Attenuation: A Simulation Approach.
title_fullStr Improvements of Signal Gain for MEASAT-2 and MEASAT-3 using Orbital Diversity under Rain Attenuation: A Simulation Approach.
title_full_unstemmed Improvements of Signal Gain for MEASAT-2 and MEASAT-3 using Orbital Diversity under Rain Attenuation: A Simulation Approach.
title_sort improvements of signal gain for measat-2 and measat-3 using orbital diversity under rain attenuation: a simulation approach.
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28442/1/Improvements%20of%20Signal%20Gain%20for%20MEASAT.pdf
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http://www.ijser.org/paper/IMPROVEMENTS-OF-SIGNAL-GAIN-FOR-MEASAT2-AND-MEASAT3-USING-ORBITAL-DIVERSITY-UNDER-RAIN-ATTENUATION-A-SIMULATION-APPROACH.html
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