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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications

Rain Sensing Using Dual-Frequency Measurements from Small-Scale Millimeter-Wave Network

Hung V. LE, Capsoni CARLO, Nebuloni ROBERTO, Luini LORENZO, Takuichi HIRANO, Toru TANIGUCHI, Jiro HIROKAWA, Makoto ANDO

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Summary :

Dense millimeter-wave networks are a promising candidate for next-generation cellular systems enabling multiple gigabit-per-second data rates. A major disadvantage of millimeter-wave systems is signal disruption by rain, and here we propose a novel method for rain sensing using dual-frequency measurements at 25 and 38GHz from a small-scale Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) millimeter-wave network. A real-time algorithm is developed for estimating the rain rate from attenuation using both ITU-R relationships and new coefficients that consider the effects of the rain Drop Size Distribution (DSD). The suggested procedure is tested on measured data, and its performance is evaluated. The results show that the proposed algorithm yields estimates that agree very well with rain gauge data.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E98-B No.6 pp.1040-1049
Publication Date
2015/06/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1345
DOI
10.1587/transcom.E98.B.1040
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Antennas and Propagation

Authors

Hung V. LE
  Tokyo Institute of Technology
Capsoni CARLO
  Politecnico di Milano
Nebuloni ROBERTO
  CNR-IEIIT
Luini LORENZO
  Politecnico di Milano
Takuichi HIRANO
  Tokyo Institute of Technology
Toru TANIGUCHI
  Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
Jiro HIROKAWA
  Tokyo Institute of Technology
Makoto ANDO
  Tokyo Institute of Technology

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