Radwin 2000+ SERIES - Chapter 19: Link Budget Calculator

RADWIN2000+SeriesUserManual Release4.2.40 19‐1
Chapter19:LinkBudget
Calculator
19.1ScopeofthisChapter
ThischapterdescribestheLinkBudgetCalculatorandhowtouseit.
19.2Overview
TheLinkBudgetCalculatorisautilityforcalculatingtheexpectedperformanceofthe
RADWIN2000+Serieswirelesslinkandthepossibleconfigurationsforaspecificlinkrange.
TheutilityallowsyoutocalculatetheexpectedRSSofthelink,andfindthetypeofservices
andtheireff ectivethroughputasafunctionofthelinkrangeanddeploymentconditions.
19.2.1UserInput
Youarerequiredtoenterorchoosethefollowingparameters.Dependingontheproduct,
someoftheparametershaveadefaultvaluethatcannotbechanged.
• Band,whichdeterminesfrequencyandregulation
• Radiounitseriesused
• ChannelBandwidth
• TxPower(maximumTxpowerpermodulationisvalidated)
• AntennaType(currentlydual;cannotbechangedforradiounitwithintegrated
antenna)
• AntennaGainpersite(cannotbechangedforintegratedantenna)
• CableLosspersite(cannotbechangedforintegratedantenna)
• FadeMargin(currently6dB)
• Rate
• RequiredRangeandclimatetype