SmartBridges sB3416-02, sB3416-03 manual airClient Total Link Budget Planning GPS Calculator

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5.10.Link Budget Planning

Link Budget Planning is a very useful tool for link budget estimation.

A GPS Calculator is provided in the Link Budget Planning Calculator page to calculate the distance between an airClient TOTAL unit and an access point.

To calculate the distance between the two, follow the steps below:

1.From the top navigation menu bar, click on Tools Link Budget Planning. The Link Budget Planning web page will appear as shown below in Fig 5-11.

2.Enter the GPS co-ordinates of Station 1 (Latitude1 and Longitude1) and Station 2 (Latitude 2 and Longitude 2). GPS co-ordinates may be entered in DD:MM:SS or DD:MM:SS.SS formats.

3.Select the distance in units (miles or kilometers).

4.Click the Compute Distance button to calculate the distance between the two stations.

5.The distance will be displayed in the Distance text box.

Figure 5-11 airClient TOTAL Link Budget Planning GPS Calculator

Once the distance is computed follow the steps below for the link budget calculations. Alternatively, the distance parameter can be manually entered in miles or kilometers without filling in the latitude/longitude coordinates:

1.Select the Radio Mode for station 1 and 2.

2.Enter the Transmit Output Power in dBm for station 1 and 2.

3.Enter the Antenna Gain in dB for station 1 and 2.

4.Enter the RF Cable Losses in dB for station 1 and 2.

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