Scaling of rain attenuation models: A survey

Abstract

The scaling of rain attenuation methods is promising to quickly estimate power degradation in radio links due to rain with known findings from previous measurements. Although the frequency scaling of rain attenuation technique was introduced ages ago, it has not been addressed adequately. Furthermore, some emerging scaling techniques have recently been proposed in the literature through polarization, elevation angle, and pathlength parameters. A survey paper might play a vital role in order to comprehend all these study areas systematically. However, a survey paper on this research field is currently unavailable in the literature. This review categorizes all the research works using the inherent properties of scaling techniques. Furthermore, this study presents a comparative investigation of parameter-based scaling techniques by considering their working procedure, applicable frequency ranges, and innovative ideas incorporated with all of these models.