%0 Journal Article
%T The Impact of K-Factor on Wireless Link in Indian Semi-desert Terrain
%A Naveen Kumar Chaudhary
%A D K Trivedi
%A Roopam Gupta
%J International Journal of Advanced Networking and Applications
%D 2011
%I Eswar Publications
%X The wireless links are used widely for point to point line-of-sight communication. The propagation loss on a terrestrial line-of-sight wireless link depends on atmospheric and seasonal conditions. The value of K-factor (effective earth radius) affects the reliability of the link. The value of K-factor where specific data is not available taken as 4/3, however its value depends on local climatic condition and it is terrain specific. In this paper K-value for the entire seasonal cycle 2008-2009 in Indian semi-desert has been analyzed. The study has been carried out to observe the distribution of K-factor and study its impact on terrestrial point to point line-of-sight wireless link in Indian semi-desert conditions.
%K Line-of-sight radio link
%K refraction
%K K-factor
%K refractive index
%K semi-desert terrain
%U http://www.ijana.in/papers/10.8.pdf