College Of Engineering

Data Communications
Microwave Link Design

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Submitted by: Paolo Z. Santiago

Pauline S. Santiago
I. Introduction
Wireless technology has become one of the essential part of life. Wireless
communication created a great impact in our world in many different ways.
Information nowadays is made easy by means of wireless communications. Unlike in
the past when communication was limited to letter writing and waiting for those
postal services to deliver your message. Today technology has made the field of
communications so easy. Now you can draft a business message and email it or fax
in a second without any delays, the recipient will get the message and they will reply
you instantly.
Microwave is one method of communicating wirelessly.
Microwave transmission is the transmission of information or energy by
electromagnetic wave. The main advantage of using microwaves in communications
is that it has the ability to transfer thousands of individual information channels
between two points without the need for physical facilities such as coaxial cables or
optical fibers.
Microwave technology was developed during World War II (193945) in
connection with secret military radar research. Today, microwaves are used primarily
in microwave ovens and communications. A microwave communications circuit can
transmit any type of information as efficiently as telephone wires. Microwave
communication is nearly 100 percent reliable. The reason is that microwave
communication circuits have been engineered to minimize fading, and computer-
controlled networks often reroute signals through a different path before a fade
becomes noticeable.
In line with this, our group decided to design a point to point microwave
link with no specific application intended but with communication requirements
identified. Our design covers specific points in Baliuag, Bulacan as the receiver site
and in Angeles City, Pampanga as the transmitter site at a maximum distance of 40km