Microwave Attenuation and Prediction of Rain Outage for Wireless Networks in Pakistan's Tropical Region

Table 1

ITU climatic zones [2].

S. no	percent age of time → rain regions	1	0.3	0.1	0.03	0.01	0.003	0.001
1	A	0.12	0.8	2	5	8	14	22
2	B	0.5	2	3	6	12	21	32
3	C	0.7	2.8	5	9	15	26	42
4	D	2.1	4.5	8	13	19	29	42
5	E	0.6	2.4	6	12	22	41	70
6	F	1.7	4.5	8	15	28	54	78
7	G	3	7	12	20	30	45	65
8	H	2	4	10	18	32	55	83
9	J	8	13	20	28	35	45	55
10	K	1.5	4.2	12	23	42	70	100
11	L	2	7	15	33	60	105	150
12	M	4	11	22	40	63	95	120
13	N	5	15	35	65	95	140	180
14	P	12	34	65	105	145	200	250
15	Q	24	49	72	96	115	142	170