A proposed rain attenuation prediction method for free space optical link based on rain rate statistics

• Main Authors: Basahel, Ahmed, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Ahmad Zabidi, Suriza
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/46547/1/46547.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/46547/; http://www.iium.edu.my/ipcer/15/index.php/tentative-programme-for-ipcer-kerie-2016
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Free Space Optics technology has gained acceptance in telecommunication industry mostly in enterprise campus network. However in tropical regions, rainfall is the dominant factor that degrades the FSO link performance and its availability. In this paper, a method is proposed to estimate the total pa...