Abstract:Characteristics of radio channel play a key role in stabilization and reliability of LMCS/LMDS system at centimeter and millimeter. Rain specific attenuation has been recognized as a principal cause for impact system performance in LMDS and satellite communications systems operating in the same frequency band. In contrast to mobile communication system, multipath is not a typically problem for LMDS system, because directional antennas are used and the antennas are sufficiently high providing a line of sight propagation path between the transmitter and receiver. Moreover, the effects of buildings, foliage, and dust storms shouldn't be ignored. The impact of these factors on signal propagation and propose corresponding models is discussed. At the last,antenna height and directivity are used in the classification of statistical channel models for LMDS.