Detection and mitigation of atmospheric ducting in 4g and 5g networks

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon, wherein the program instructions, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving at least one received interference power (RIP) value collected at a base station of a wireless communication network;
• identifying a ducting intensity by comparing the at least one RIP value collected at the base station to a baseline RIP value;
• comparing the ducting intensity with at least one threshold to determine whether to apply ducting mitigation parameters in the wireless communication network;
• and
• if the ducting intensity exceeds the at least one threshold, applying at least one ducting mitigation strategy in the wireless communication network.

A system comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, wherein the program instructions, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to at least:
• receive at least one received interference power (RIP) value collected at a base station of a wireless communication network;
• identify a ducting intensity by comparing the at least one RIP value collected at the base station to a baseline RIP value;
• compare the ducting intensity with at least one threshold to determine whether to apply ducting mitigation parameters in the wireless communication network;
• and
• if the ducting intensity exceeds the at least one threshold, apply at least one ducting mitigation strategy in the wireless communication network.