RADWIN2000CPlusUserManual Release3.5.70 18‐1
Chapter18:
LinkBudgetCalculator
Overview
TheLinkBudgetCalculatorisautilityforcalculatingtheexpectedperformanceofthe
RADWIN2000CPluswirelesslinkandthepossibleconfigurationsforaspecificlinkrange.
TheutilityallowsyoutocalculatetheexpectedRSSofthelink,andfindthetypeofservices
andtheireff ectivethroughputasafunctionofthelinkrangeanddeploymentconditions.
UserInput
Youarerequiredtoenterorchoosethefollowingparameters.Dependingontheproduct,
someoftheparametershaveadefaultvaluethatcannotbechanged.
• Band,whichdetermines frequencyandregulation
• ODUseriesused
• ChannelBandwidth
• TxPower(maximumTxpowerpermodulationisvalidated)
• AntennaType(currentlydual;
cannotbechangedforODUwithintegratedantenna)
• AntennaGainpersite(cannotbechangedforintegratedantenna)
• CableLosspersite(cannotbechangedforintegratedantenna)
• FadeMargin(currently6dB)
• Rate
• RequiredRangeandclimatetype
LinkBudgetCalculatorInternalData
Foreachproduct(orRegulationandBand)thecalculatorstoresthefollowingdatarequired
forlinkbudgetcalculations:
• MaximumTransmitpower(permodulation)
• ReceiverSensitivity(permodulation)forEthernetservice
• Maximumlinearinputpower(usedtocalculateminimumdistance)