A review on rain signal attenuation modeling, analysis and validation techniques: Advances, challenges and future direction

E Alozie, A Abdulkarim, I Abdullahi, AD Usman… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Radio waves are attenuated by atmospheric phenomena such as snow, rain, dust, clouds,
and ice, which absorb radio signals. Signal attenuation becomes more severe at extremely …

Learning-assisted rain attenuation prediction models

MA Samad, DY Choi - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rain attenuation becomes significant to degrade the earth-space or terrestrial radio link's
signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). So, to maintain the desired SNR level, with the help of fade …

Atmospheric propagation modelling for terrestrial radio frequency communication links in a tropical wet and dry savanna climate

J Isabona, AL Imoize, S Ojo, CC Lee, CT Li - Information, 2022 - mdpi.com
Atmospheric impairment-induced attenuation is the prominent source of signal degradation
in radio wave communication channels. The computation-based modeling of radio wave …

Rain attenuation prediction using artificial neural network for dynamic rain fade mitigation

MN Ahuna, TJ Afullo, AA Alonge - SAIEE Africa Research …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Atmospheric processes from which rainfall is formed are complex and cannot be accurately
predicted using mathematical or statistical models. In this paper, the backpropagation neural …

Rainfall rate prediction based on artificial neural networks for rain fade mitigation over earth-satellite link

MN Ahuna, TJ Afullo, AA Alonge - 2017 IEEE AFRICON, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a model for rainfall rate prediction 30 seconds ahead of time using
an artificial neural network. The resultant predicted rainfall rate can then be used in …

An overview of rainfall fading prediction models for satellite links in Southern Africa

D Sumbiri, TJO Afullo - Prog. Electromagn. Res. B, 2021 - jpier.org
This work presents an overview of rainfall fading models over satellite links in South Africa
using three years of rainfall data collected by the Joss-Waldvogel RD-80 disdrometer in …

Research on rainfall monitoring based on E-band millimeter wave link in east China

S Zheng, C Han, J Huo, W Cai, Y Zhang, P Li, G Zhang… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accurate rainfall observation data with high temporal and spatial resolution are essential for
national disaster prevention and mitigation as well as climate response decisions. This …

Contour mapping for rain rate and rain attenuation in microwave and millimetre wave earth-satellite link design in tropical Tanzania

P Linga, H Iddi, M Kissaka - Tanzania Journal of Science, 2020 - ajol.info
Rain rate and rain attenuation predictions are vital in the analysis of the performance of
earth-satellite link at higher frequencies beyond 10 GHz for satellite system planning. This …

Adoption of Deep Neural Network Model for the Prediction of Rain Attenuation

AIO Yussuff, MO Ayeni, OE Oreoluwa - European Journal of Electrical …, 2023 - ejece.org
Weather, rain, and atmospheric forces cause attenuation in communication satellites and
devices, which affects the quality of calls and internet access. Communication signals can …

Rain impairment model for satellite communication link design in South Africa using neural network

AO Ayo, PA Owolawi, JS Ojo… - 2020 2nd International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over some decades, rain impairment has been considered as the major dominant
impairment in microwave propagation especially at frequencies above 10 GHz …