ACTIVITY NO.

8: Faded Link Power Budget

NEC 522-1EC

Name: ______________________________ Student No.:_____________

Instructor: ___________________________ Date:_____________

Link No.: ________

1. SITE (A):__________________ TO SITE (B):________________________
2. Path length: _________
3. Site elevation: (A) ______ (B) _______

4. Frequency: __________ K Factor: ___________________

Path Profile:
5. Maximum Earth Bulge along the path: __________ft
6. Maximum Radius of the first Fresnel zone along the path: _________ft

Path Analysis:
7. Transmitter power output: (A) _______ Transceiver Type/Model/Brand: ______________ Modulation: _______
8. Antenna Height: (A) ______ Tower Type: (A) ______
9. Transmission line losses Tx(A): Transmission Line Type/Model/Brand: __________________
Loss per unit length: ______
Transmission line length: _______
A. Transmission Line Loss: _________
B. Connector loss: _______
C. Radome loss: __________
D. Other losses: ___________
E. Total Losses: ___________
10. Antenna (A) diameter: Antenna Gain:________ Antenna Type/Model/Brand: _________________
11. EIRP: ___________

12. PATH LOSS

A. Free-space loss (FSL): ____________ dB
B. Fading Depth: 20 dB
C. Attenuation due to atmospheric absorption: ____________ dB
D. Attenuation due to atmospheric gases: _____________ dB
E. Attenuation due to oxygen: _____________ dB
F. Attenuation due to water vapor: _____________ dB
G. Attenuation due to rain: _____________ dB
H. Attenuation due to fog: _____________ dB
I. Attenuation due to diffraction: _____________ dB
J. Attenuation due to woodlands: _____________ dB

TOTAL PATH LOSS: ____________ dB

13. Faded Isotropic Received Level (B): ____________

14. Antenna (B) diameter: _____ Antenna Gain:________ Antenna Type/Model/Brand: _________________
15. Antenna Height: (B) ______ Tower Type: (B) ______
16. Transmission line losses Rx(B): Transmission Line Type/Model/Brand: __________________
Loss per unit length: ______
Transmission line length: _______
A. Transmission Line Loss: _________
B. Connector loss: _______
C. Radome loss: __________
D. Other losses: ___________
E. Total Losses: ___________

17. Faded Received Signal Level: _______________

18. Receiver noise figure: ___________ Transceiver Type/Model/Brand: ______________ Modulation: _______
19. IF Bandwidth; BIF: _____________
20. Receiver thermal noise power: _______________

21. Faded C/N: _____________

22. Receiving Equipment Threshold: _____________

23. Allowable Fade Margin: ____________

Computed Fade Margin for 99.999% Availability:

Rayleigh Multipath Fading Margin: _______ dB

Siemen’s Fading Margin: ________ dB
ITU-R Fading Margin: _______ dB

24. Reliability/Availability requirement: _99.999%___________

Computed Reliability/ Availability for a Fade Margin: (Allowable Fade Margin from no.23)_ dB

Rayleigh Availability: _______ %

Siemen’s Availability: ________ %
ITU-R Availability: _______ %

25. No :________________________
26. Eb: ________________________
27. Eb/No: _____________________
28. Modulation Type:_____________
29. BER: ______________________

30. System Gain:_______________

31. System Loss: _______________
32. Net Path Loss:_______________

33. Is the link feasible: _____Yes _____No