Radwin 5000 HPMP - Chapter 23: Link Budget Calculator; Overview

RADWIN5000HPMPUserManual Release3.5.70 23‐1
Chapter23:
LinkBudgetCalculator
Overview
TheLinkBudgetCalculatorisautilityforcalculatingtheexpectedperformanceofthe
RADWIN5000HPMPwire lesslinkwithinasector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ser vices
andtheireff ectivethroughputasafunctionofthelinkrangeanddeploymentconditions.
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
• HSUseriesused
• ChannelBandwidth(currently10and20MHz)
• TxPower(maximumTxpowerpermodulationisvalidated)
•
Ante nnaType(currentlydual;cannotbechangedforODUwithintegratedantenna)
• Ante nna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
LinkBudgetCalculatorInternalData
Foreachproduct(orRegulationandBand)thecalculatorstoresthefollowingdatarequired
forlinkbudgetcalculations:
• MaximumTransmitpower(permodulation)
• ReceiverSensitivity(permodulation)forEthernetservice