Analysis of Ka Band Inter-Fade Dynamics at an Indian Tropical Location

Abstract

Inter-fade analysis and the physical phenomena behind it has been investigated for the data of GSAT-14 satellite beacon signal at 20.2 GHz for three years (2014–2016) over the tropical location Ahmedabad (23.02 ° E, 72.51° N), India. As there is no such general model developed for interfade or inter event analysis till date, it is in great urgency to design a suitable model for that analysis of basic parameters of interfade is necessary so that in future it that can help system designers to design a suitable fade mitigation technique for signal in Ka band.