Experimental study on the joint statistical behaviour of attenuation in distant sites, based on Italsat data collected in Spino D'Adda and Oberpfaffenhofen

Kurzfassung

In this Diploma thesis the results of a joint statistical analysis of attenuation in satellite communication links at 39.6 GHz, based on four years of data collected in distant sites (d > 300 km) during the ITALSAT campaign, is presented. The degree of statistical dependence is expressed by the statistical dependence index, defined as the joint probability to exceed a common attenuation threshold, normalized to the value of that joint probability determined for the ideal case of statistical independence between the two sites.