Method for reducing the effect of atmospheric ducting on wireless transmissions

A system for reducing the effect of atmospheric ducting on wireless transmissions, said system comprising:

• a plurality of base stations having antennas, each said base station having a beacon signal transmitter and a beacon signal receiver, each said beacon signal transmitter configured to transmit a wireless beacon signal to be received by said beacon signal receiver at a plurality of other said base stations;
• a time delay and propagation loss estimator, coupled to said beacon signal receiver and configured to measure a time delay and a propagation loss of each said wireless beacon signal;
• an atmospheric model unit for storing an expected time delay and an expected propagation loss corresponding to each said wireless beacon signal;
• a comparator, coupled to said time delay and propagation loss estimator and to said atmospheric model unit, said comparator configured to compare, for each said wireless beacon signal, said time delay and said propagation loss to said expected time delay and to said expected propagation loss corresponding to said wireless beacon signal;
• a tomography unit, coupled to and configured to communicate with said comparator, said tomography unit further configured to process data received from said comparator and to determine a region wherein said atmospheric ducting is occuring;
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• an antenna position unit, coupled to said tomography unit and configured to determine an arrangement of said antennas corresponding to said location.