Deployment of a wireless measurement network for rain-fade evaluation on millimetre radiocommunication systems

  1. Mariño, P. 1
  2. Fontán, F. P. 1
  3. Machado, F. 1
  4. Enjamio, C. 1
  5. Otero, S. 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

Book:
Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference WWW/INTERNET 2004: Madrid, Spain, October 6-9, 2004
  1. Isaías, Pedro (coord.)
  2. Karmakar, Nitya (coord.)

Publisher: IADIS (International Association for Development of the Information Society)

ISBN: 972-99353-0-0

Year of publication: 2004

Volume Title: Short Papers-Posters

Volume: 2

Pages: 1187-1190

Congress: International Conference on WWW/Internet (3. 2004. Madrid)

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

Wireless access networks based on millimetre wavelength technologies are mainly impaired by rain. To evaluate the rain effects over a communication system, it is essential to know the temporal and spatial evolution of rainfall rate. For this reason it is necessary to develop an experimental network which provides the adequate data to study, prevent and compensate the rain fade. In this paper, an experimental rain gauge network is presented. This network comprises weather stations capable of measuring rainfall rate, temperature and humidity. The paper describes first the experimental network for automatic data acqusition as a system based in a distributed process. The design of the experimental network is explained in detail and finally the interest for millimetre wavelength applications is pointed out.

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