Simplified link budget for WCDMA system

12.2kbps voice, DL 0.75 20 W 0.348718 W 25.42474 dBm 17.42531 dBi 2 dB 0 dB 40.85005 dBm 0 -174 8 -166 -100.157 24.97971 7 6.0206 -112.116 0 2 0 0 1 0.9 6 7.5 0 146.4659 dBi dBm/Hz dB dB dBm dB dB dB dBm dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB

Target load Transmitter characteristics

Total transmitter power Transmitter power on TCH TX antenna gain TX cable loss TX Body loss Transmitter EIRP

Receiver characteristics and margins

RX antenna gain Thermal noise density Receiver noise figure Receiver noise density Receiver noise power Processing gain Required Eb/No Interference margin Required signal power RX Cable loss RX Body loss Diversity gain Fast fading margin Soft handover gain Coverage probability (cell edge) Shadow fading std deviation Shadow Fading Margin Indoor penetration loss Allowed propagation loss

Shadow Fading Margin (cell edge approach)

Given coverage probability on cell edge (P) Shadow fading standard deviation 1-P Closest 1-P in table Argument (inverse of Q) Shadow fading margin

Antenna Gain

Horizontal 3dB beam width Horizontal gain Number of dipoles Vertical gain (dBd)

Vertical gain (dBi) Total antenna gain Range (Okumura-Hata path loss model) Carrier frequency BS antenna height MS antenna height Parameter A Parameter B Parameter C MS antenna gain function (large city) Path loss exponent Path loss constant Downlink range Uplink range Cell range

12.2kbps voice, UL 0.5 0.125 W 0.125 W 20.9691 dBm 0 dBi 0 dB 2 dB 18.9691 dBm 17.42531 -174 5 -169 -103.157 24.97971 5 3.0103 -120.126 2 0 3 3 2 0.9 6 7.5 0 149.0205 dBi dBm/Hz dB dB dBm dB dB dB dBm dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB dB

We compute TX power on TCH by using the formula

P_tx_ch = (1-control overhead) x Total power / (Load x maximum num For 12.2kbps speech service maximum number of users is round

10
0.9 6 dB 0.1 0.1 1.25 7.5 dB 1-P(=Q) Argument 0.5 0 0.4 0.25 0.3 0.5 0.22 0.75 0.17 1 0.1 1.25 0.07 1.5 0.04 1.75 0.023 2 0.01 2.25

ability on cell edge (P) ard deviation

10

-1

10

-2

65 degrees 7.493795 dB 6 7.781513 dBd

Q(x)
10
-3

10

-4

Q(x)
10
9.931513 dBi 17.42531 dBi Unit MHz m m
-3

10
2100 25 1.5 46.3 33.9 44.9 -0.00092 3.574349 137.3351 1.800742 2.12287 1.800742

-4

10

-5

0.5

1.5

2 x

dB km km km

by using the formula Total power / (Load x maximum number of users) 65

ximum number of users is round

1.5

2 x

2.5

3.5