paratec                                                        Basic RF Line Of Sight Link Budget Calculator

Bit Rate (BR) [Mbit/Sec]

RF Carrier Frequency (f) [MHz]

PN Sequence Length

Required SNR @ Detector For BER 10-6 Befor FEC [dB]

FEC Codding Gain (CG) [dB]

Noise Figure Of The Receiver (NF) [dB]

FEC Rate (FECR) {Netto/Brutto Bit Rate}

Temperature [°C] {17°C = 290°K}

RX Antenna Gain (RXAG) [dB]

Required Gain Margin (GM) [dB]

TX Antenna Gain (TXAG) [dB]

Required Distance [KM]

TX Output Power (TXOP) [W]

Required Distance [NM]

Modulation Type (MT)
QPSK BPSK GMSK FSK/FM (Modulation Index = 0.7)

RF Bandwidth (BW) [MHz]

= BR/FECR*PN*{1: QPSK & GMSK}{2: BPSK}{1.4: FSK/FM}
Required Path Loss [dB]

= 20*Log(4*pi*d*f/c)
Processing Gain (PG) [dB]

= 10*Log(PN*0.88)
Minimum Discernible Signal (MDS) [dBm]

= NF + 10*Log(k*T*BW) - PG + 30
Minimum Receivable Signal (MRS) [dBm]

= MDS + SNR + GM - CG
Available Path Loss (APS) [dB]

= 10*Log(TXOP) + 30 + TXAG + RXAG - MRS    
Maximum Available Distance [KM]

= 10^(0.05*(APS - 20*Log(4*pi*f/c)))
Maximum Available Distance [NM]

= 10^(0.05*(APS - 20*Log(4*pi*f/c)))


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