Abayomi Isiaka O. Yussuff
Lagos State University

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Site Diversity Technique Application on Rain Attenuation for Lagos Abayomi Isiaka O. Yussuff; Nana Hamzat; Nor Hisham Haji Khamis
Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (IJEEI) Vol 5, No 1: March 2017
Publisher : IAES Indonesian Section

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52549/ijeei.v5i1.262

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This paper studied the impact of site diversity (SD) as a fade mitigation technique on rain attenuation at 12 GHz for Lagos. SD is one of the most effective methods to overcome such large fades due to rain attenuation that takes advantage of the usually localized nature of intense rainfall by receiving the satellite downlink signal at two or more earth stations to minimize the prospect of potential diversity stations being simultaneously subjected to significant rain attenuation. One year (January to December 2011) hourly rain gauge data was sourced from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) for three sites (Ikeja, Ikorodu and Marina) in Lagos, Nigeria. Significant improvement in both performance and availability was observed with the application of SD technique; again, separation distance was seen to be responsible for this observed performance improvements.
Investigating Rain Attenuation Models for Satellite Links in Tropical Nigeria Abayomi Isiaka O. Yussuff; Ibukun E Koleoso; Nor Hisham Haji Khamis
Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (IJEEI) Vol 6, No 1: March 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52549/ijeei.v6i1.263

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The analyses of rain models for satellite communication links of Ku and Ka bands in Lagos, Nigeria is the focus of this paper. The choice of these frequency bands was informed by the acknowledged fact that satellite signal fading and outages are predominant at those bands. The ITU-R P. 618-12 is the globally adopted prediction model; temperate, equatorial and tropical regions, inclusive. However, there was need to review the suitability of this model especially as it concerned equatorial and tropical stations. Rainfall data spanning a period of three years were collected from Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET). The ITU-R P. 618-12 model along with some renowned prediction models were analyzed and their performances with the locally recorded measurement data were compared to establish their suitability or otherwise. The results obtained suggested ITU-R P. 618-12 exhibited the overall best performance at 12 GHz while DAH showed best performance at 26 GHz, even as both models underestimated and overestimated the measurement at Ku and Ka bands respectively. Again, at both frequencies, SST presented the worst performances.