Wind turbine interference prediction studies on RF communications systems can be accomplished using ATDI’s RF planning software packages: ICS Telecom and HTZ Warfare. ICS Telecom and HTZ Warfare possess the ability to model the effect of wind farms on any radio communications technology, including broadcast, mobile, radar, and satellite.

ATDI’s comprehensive radio network planning tool-kit offers features that allow for the import and configuration of a wind turbine farm on a digital terrain modeling workspace and the ability to model the subsequent effects on an RF communications system. The two white papers below that describe the interference effects upon radar and microwave links may be downloaded.

Interference Effects on Primary Surveillance Radar

Wind Turbine Effects on Primary Surveillance Radar

Practical wind turbine analyses should carefully consider three different criteria that can cause potential worst-case performance degradation to a microwave link system.

These criteria include:

• i) near-field propagation
• ii) diffraction propagation
• iii) reflection/scattering propagation effects that can lead to possible interference scenarios

The image below displays an example of multipath analysis run in ICS Telecom. This is but one of the many forms of analysis possible using this RF planning tool.

Multipath Effects on Microwave System Due to Reflection from Wind Turbines

To download the full white paper detailing a full analysis of a microwave link system, please click on the link below.