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Measurements of cross-polarization discrimination at 11 and 17 GHz

Mesures du découplage de polarisation a 11 et 17 GHz

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Measurements of microwave fading and depolarization were carried out near Ottawa, Canada at 11 GHz and 17 GHz on two adjacent 16 km paths. The clearair fading data at 11 GHz agree approximately with ccir predicted values, but the 17 GHz data are more than an order of magnitude less severe than the predictions. The conditional distributions of clearair crosspolarized signal level are approximately lognormal and are dominated by multipath effects at small percentages of time. Rain depolarization is observed to be much less severe than clearair depolarization. These measurements imply that dualpolarization frequency reuse systems are likely to be limited by clearair depolarization in the 11 GHz band in this geographical region.

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On a mesuré les évanouissements et la dépolarisation sur deux trajets adjacents de 16 km de longueur à 11 et 17 GHz, près d’Ottawa (Canada). Les données relatives aux évanouissements enregistrés à 11 GHz par temps clair concordent dans l’ensemble avec celles que prévoient leccirpour un tel cas, mais celles qui ont été relevées à 17 GHz sont inférieures d’un ordre de grandeur aux prévisions établies. Les distributions conditionnelles du signal en polarisation croisée par temps clair sont à peu près lognormales, et l’on constate alors la prépondérance des effets de la propagation par trajets multiples pour de faibles pourcentages du temps. La dépolarisation due à la pluie est beaucoup moins prononcée que celle qui est constatée par temps clair. On pourrait donc en déduire que, pour cette région, l’emploi de faisceaux hertziens à réutilisation de fréquences et double polarisation sera vraisemblablement limité par la dépolarisation par temps clair dans la bande des 11 GHz.

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Communication présentée au Colloque de la Commission F de l’URSI de Lenoxville Canada (mai 1980) «Effects of the lower atmospheric on radio propagation at frequencies above 1 GHz».

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Butler, R.S. Measurements of cross-polarization discrimination at 11 and 17 GHz. Ann. Télécommun. 36, 465–470 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03000026

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