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26-Ghz Microwave Link Monitoring As A Warning System

The document describes a proposed 26-GHz microwave link monitoring system to serve as an early warning system for tropical storms and rain-induced disasters. It details how wireless signal attenuation over microwave links can provide real-time monitoring of rainfall on a sub-kilometer scale. The system was tested during Typhoon Ondoy in 2009, where measurements showed much longer fade durations, steeper signal slopes, and higher accumulated rainfall compared to typical intense rain events. This data could help identify heightened alarm states and provide localized warning in flood-prone areas downstream of rivers. Finally, the document outlines a proposed disaster alarm architecture to leverage such wireless monitoring networks.

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26-Ghz Microwave Link Monitoring As A Warning System

The document describes a proposed 26-GHz microwave link monitoring system to serve as an early warning system for tropical storms and rain-induced disasters. It details how wireless signal attenuation over microwave links can provide real-time monitoring of rainfall on a sub-kilometer scale. The system was tested during Typhoon Ondoy in 2009, where measurements showed much longer fade durations, steeper signal slopes, and higher accumulated rainfall compared to typical intense rain events. This data could help identify heightened alarm states and provide localized warning in flood-prone areas downstream of rivers. Finally, the document outlines a proposed disaster alarm architecture to leverage such wireless monitoring networks.

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26-GHZ MICROWAVE LINK MONITOR

ING AS A WARNING SYSTEM FOR T


ROPICAL STORMS

Retcher Hans N. CHING , Gemalyn D. ABRAJANO, Jane Louie F. ZAMORA


Dr. Nathaniel Joseph LIBATIQUE, Dr. Gregory TANGONAN, Engr. Ma. Leonora Guico,
Engr. Cesar Pineda

Dept. of Electronics Computer & Communication Engineering (ECCE)


Ateneo de Manila University
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Dec. 13, 2009 National Electrical, Electronics, and Computing


Conference 2009
Overview

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Objective & Significance
 Warning system (Decision Support System)
for rain-induced disasters on a sub kilom
eter scale which can be used real-time
 Utilizes wireless signal attenuation
 26 GHz Microwave Link
 5.8 GHz Broadband Link
 2.4 GHz Wireless Link

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Setup of 26 GHz Microwave Li
nk
Slave Link
PLDT Balara

4.28 km
I2MTC 2009, Singapore
“Design of a Tropical Rain Master Link Tipping Buckets
Hazard Alarm System MVP Roofdeck
based on Wireless Sensor
Networks” 26GHz
Normal Rain Event Graph
 Sept 08, 2007
 14:00 – 16:00 Power Loss (dB) vs Time
 4.0 km link distanc
e
 ~2 dB attenuation

Received
Signal Level @
WT MASTER
- MVP

Received
Signal Level @
WT SLAVE -
PLDT

 Sept 8
 0630-
 08 3 0
ith o ut Rain
 W

Power Loss (dB) vs Time

8

 Sept 00
 0200
 -0 4
i t h R a in
 W

Sept 0
MAST 8
ER -
SLA
Recei VE
ved Si
g
Power Loss (dB) vs Level nal
s
Time

Accumulated Rain
(mm) vs Time Rain R
at
mm/hr e in
us
CASEL ing
LA
TIPPIN
G
BUCK
ET
Analyzing Heavy Rain

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Ondoy Event
 Sustained heavy rain over wide areas
 “Flash floods” occurring over a huge sw
athe of Metro Manila with flood heights i
ncreasing over half a day
Typhoon Ondoy
Our measurements (Observatio
ns)
 Ondoy fade duration 16x greater than typi
cal intense rain event
 Slope 3x greater than typical intense rai
n
 Measured accumulated rain 7x greater

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Sept 26, 2009 (24 hour durat
ion)

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Ingredients of heightened alarm state

 Increased freq. deep RF signal fades


 Steep RF signal slopes
 Localized intense rain
 Duration of intense rain
 Location (downstream or upstream of a maj
or river or tributary - Tumana, floodplai
n - Cainta)

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Disaster Alarm Architecture

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THANK YOU!

 ateneoinnovation.org
 ohm.ecce.admu.edu.ph

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