Akinwumi, S. A. and Omotosho, T. V. and Usikalu, M.R. and Adewusi, M. O. and Ometan, Oluwafunmilayo O. (2016) ATMOSPHERIC GASES ATTENUATION IN WEST AFRICA. In: IEEE Xplore, 10-13 Oct. 2016 .
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Abstract
Atmospheric gases variations were evaluated to have major effect on Ku-band and above at 0.01 % unavailability of an average year on both uplink and down link. The International Telecommunication Union Radio Propagation Recommendation (ITU-RP 676, 2012) data bank was used for the computation of gaseous attenuation for West Africa. Monthly and yearly mean of temperature, pressure and relative humidity were used as input parameters obtained from ITU-R study group 3 data base. The results presented on contour map show that total atmospheric absorption signal fade attenuation values at C, Ku, Ka and V bands is between 0.015 to 0.09 dB, 0.04 to 0.9 dB, 0.04 to 1.4 dB and 0.2 to 3.2 dB respectively for both uplink and downlink frequencies. Generally, consistent signal absorption due to Oxygen and water vapour are higher in the western region than southern part of West Africa.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Physics |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2017 12:51 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2017 12:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/7952 |
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