Slant path rain attenuation synthesizers for tropical and equatorial regions

Abstract

In tropical and equatorial areas, the terrestrial telecommunications infrastructure is less developed than in temperate regions and there is a strong need to implement satellite communication systems in the next few years. These systems have the advantage of serving wide regions with a short deployment time and the possibility to reach a large market size for economic profitability. For new consumer applications, C-band is unattractive because the deployment of new systems with small terminals is incompatible with the large antennas required to protect the existing systems.