This report summarizes the link budget for a microwave radio link between two sites in Riyadh operating at 23 GHz. Key details include a path length of 3.37 km, transmitter powers of 20 dBm, antenna gains of 40.7 dBi and 44.8 dBi, total system losses of 137.6 dB, and a fade margin of 33.4 dB to achieve a bit error rate of 10^-6. Reliability modeling shows the link will have over 99.999% uptime with outages under 1 minute per year.
This report summarizes the link budget for a microwave radio link between two sites in Riyadh operating at 23 GHz. Key details include a path length of 3.37 km, transmitter powers of 20 dBm, antenna gains of 40.7 dBi and 44.8 dBi, total system losses of 137.6 dB, and a fade margin of 33.4 dB to achieve a bit error rate of 10^-6. Reliability modeling shows the link will have over 99.999% uptime with outages under 1 minute per year.
This report summarizes the link budget for a microwave radio link between two sites in Riyadh operating at 23 GHz. Key details include a path length of 3.37 km, transmitter powers of 20 dBm, antenna gains of 40.7 dBi and 44.8 dBi, total system losses of 137.6 dB, and a fade margin of 33.4 dB to achieve a bit error rate of 10^-6. Reliability modeling shows the link will have over 99.999% uptime with outages under 1 minute per year.
Access Transport Networks, Microwave Link Budget Report
Infrastructure Design
Link ID: 157470 Freq Band (GHz): 23 NORMAL_BAND
District/Area: Riyadh Central Link Owner: Target/Class: 30 min A Mobile Site Reference: ZRW821 [LBRKRDAF] ZRWA948 [KRIMRDAB] Latitude/longitude: 24.37268 45.92653 24.39927 45.91041 Elevation: 685 m 716 m RainZone: Dry Central Dry Central Path Length: 3.37 km Radio ID: Bearings: Site 'A' to 'B' 331.10 deg Site 'B' to 'A' 151.09 deg Terminal Data Model: ML66_23GHz_M1002_128Q_CS28_162M_6363 4+0 XPIC Manufacturer: Ericsson Ericsson Adaptive Modulation: Capacity: 648 x 2MBit/s (1296 Mbps) 648 x 2MBit/s (1296 Mbps) Link Type: Hybrid Hybrid Link Configuration: 4+0 4+0 Transmitter Power: 20.0 dBm 20.0 dBm Enable ATPC: Maximum Power: 22.0 RSL (Target): -45 dBm 22.0 RSL (Target): -45 dBm Attenuation Pad: 0.0 dB 0.0 dB Coupler Loss: 0.0 dB 0.0 dB Additional Loss: 0.0 dB 0.0 dB Branching Loss: 3.50 dB 3.50 dB Receiver Sensitivity: -65.5 dBm -65.5 dBm NMS Address: 0NJN 0NJF Antenna Data SDB Common Name: N/A PartNo./Manufacturer: BFZ 622 32/3D07H/ERICSSON BFZ 622 33/2D07H/Ericsson Diversity: / / Antenna Height: 27 m 43 m Diameter: 0.6 m 0.9 m Mid-Band Gain: 40.7 dBi 44.8 dBi F/B Ratio: 66 dB 71 dB Polarization: XPIC XPIC Feeder/Tails Data Manufacturer: (Null) (Null) Type: (Null) (Null) Loss/100m: 0.00 dB 0.00 dB Length: 0.00 m 0.00 m Link Budget Reliability Study System Losses Free Space Loss: 130.0 dB Rain Fall Details Atmospheric Loss: 0.7 dB Rain Zone: Feeder Loss (A&B): 0.0 dB 0.01% Rain Rate: 22 mm/hr Attenuation Pad: 0.0 dB Antenna Polarity: X Additional Loss: 0.0 dB Worse Month Statistics Branching Loss: 7.0 dB Rain Attn' Reliability: 99.99976 % Total Losses: 137.6 dB Rain Attn' Outage: 0.102 min System Gains Multipath Reliability: 99.99999 % NEW LINK
Transmitter Power: 20.0 dB Multipath Outage: 0.003 min
Antenna A Gain: 40.7 dB Worst Month Reliability: 99.99976 % Antenna B Gain: 44.8 dB Worst Month Outage: 0.106 min Total Gains: 105.5 dBm Annual Statistics Receive Level Rain Attn' Reliability: 99.99998 % Receiver Input: -32.1 dBm Rain Attn' Outage: 0.120 min Rain Attenuation Multipath Reliability: 100.00000 % Rain Attenuation: dB Multipath Outage: 0.001 min Fade Margin Total Annual Reliability: 99.99998 % B.E.R 10^-6: 33.4 dB Total Annual Outage: 0.122 min