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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2019.23.2.151

Analysis of Ka Band Satellite Link Budgets and Earth Station G/T in Korea Rainfall Environment  

Choi, Hyeong-Jae (Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University)
You, Kyoung-A (Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University)
Park, Dae-Kil (Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University)
Koo, Kyung Heon (Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University)
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Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology / v.23, no.2, 2019 , pp. 151-157 More about this Journal
Abstract
In geostationary satellite communications, which are widely used for broadcasting and communication, there is a path loss where the signal power on the path is largely reduced. It is important to consider rain attenuation when calculating link budget because the Ka band frequency is vulnerable to rain attenuation. In this study, rainfall trends were analyzed by using rainfall data from the year 2000 in four regions of Korea (Seoul, Incheon, Busan, Jeju) and the rainfall attenuation was calculated. This was used to analyse the satellite link budget and receiving performance for the down-link of the korea satellite COMS. In this study, the calculated G/T for the rainfall intensity of 0.5% per year using the rainfall data for 18 years increased by approximately $8.5dBK^{-1}$ compared to the ITU's zone-K rain model, and decreased by approximately $1dBK^{-1}$ compared to the precipitation data for 13 years from the TTA(Korea Telecommunications Technology Association). The results of this study can be used for the design of G/T in domestic-installed satellite ground station.
Keywords
Satellite communication; Path loss; Ka band; Rainfall attenuation;
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