The Impact of Ionospheric Parameters on Space Communication in Ikeja airport and MTN

Space Communication in Ikeja Airport and MTN

Abstract

The effects of ionosphere on the various types of terrestrial communication on large and small scale in the mid-latitude were investigated in this study using appropriate and relevant standard techniques. The communication types are wireless/mobile for MTN and radar in airport. Three main factors that affect communication were identified (weather, frequency and attenuation) for Airport and MTN. Data of daily activities for the three factors per month were collected from January to August and the calculated average weather, frequency and attenuation values revealed that the Ionospheric parameters for the Airport was highest (13.6 MHz) in the month of August and lowest (13.2 MHz) in the months of January, February and July respectively. For NTN, the highest was 7.7 MHz in March while the lowest was 7.2 MHz in January, this shows that the communication company encounters lesser problem than the airport; therefore the communication company is able to manage and control the effect of Ionospheric parameters on space communication