Jd. Kanellopoulos et al., Analysis of the interference due to differential rain attenuation induced by an adjacent path on a double-site diversity system using frequency reuse, RADIO SCI, 34(4), 1999, pp. 967-981
One of the main propagation effects on interference between adjacent Earth-
space paths is considered to be the differential rain attenuation. In the p
resent paper a method to predict differential rain attenuation statistics,
valid for single-site communication systems, is extended to include double-
site interfered systems operating under the dual-polarization mode. The ext
ended procedure is again based on a model of convective rain cells as well
on the lognormal model for point rainfall rate statistics. Numerical result
s are presented referring to realistic diversity systems operating under th
e hypothesis of using both single and dual polarization and suffering from
differential rain attenuation. Some very useful conclusions are deduced on
the reliable and economic design of future communication systems where orbi
tal and frequency congestion are quite expectable.