Performance evaluation of Ka-Band satellite communication system in rain fading channel at tropical area

Generally, commercial satellites use C-band and Ku-band, but because of the rapid growth of satellite services and congestion of lower frequencies bands, more and more commercial applications are being promoted for Ka-Band. In order to use Ka-band for satellite communication in tropical areas, there are several issues that have to be considered. One of the disadvantages of Ka-band is it is susceptible to be attenuated by rain and the earth's atmospheric conditions such as gas, clouds, and ice particles. This paper is aimed to evaluate the performance of Ka-band wireless communication system in tropical area by comparing several channel coding schemes.