Simplified link budget for WCDMA system

12.2kbps voice, DL
Target load 0.75
Transmitter characteristics Total transmitter power 20 W
Transmitter power on TCH 0.348717949 W
25.42474301 dBm
TX antenna gain 17.42530758 dBi
TX cable loss 2 dB
TX Body loss 0 dB
Transmitter EIRP 40.8500506 dBm

Receiver characteristics RX antenna gain 0 dBi

and margins Thermal noise density -174 dBm/Hz
Receiver noise figure 8 dB
Receiver noise density -166 dB
Receiver noise power -100.1566878 dBm
Processing gain 24.97971394 dB
Required Eb/No 7 dB
Interference margin 6.020599913 dB
Required signal power -112.1158018 dBm
RX Cable loss 0 dB
RX Body loss 2 dB
Diversity gain 0 dB
Fast fading margin 0 dB
Soft handover gain 1 dB
Coverage probability (cell edge) 0.9
Shadow fading std deviation 6 dB
Shadow Fading Margin 7.5 dB
Indoor penetration loss 0 dB
Allowed propagation loss 146.4658524 dB

Shadow Fading Margin (cell edge approach) Given coverage probability on cell edge (P)
Shadow fading standard deviation
1-P
Closest 1-P in table
Argument (inverse of Q)
Shadow fading margin

Antenna Gain Horizontal 3dB beam width

Horizontal gain
Number of dipoles
 Vertical gain (dBd)
Vertical gain (dBi)
Total antenna gain

Range (Okumura-Hata path loss model)

Carrier frequency
BS antenna height
MS antenna height
Parameter A
Parameter B
Parameter C
MS antenna gain function (large city)
Path loss exponent
Path loss constant
Downlink range
Uplink range
Cell range
 12.2kbps voice, UL
0.5
0.125 W We compute TX power on TCH by using the formula
0.125 W
20.9691 dBm P_tx_ch = (1-control overhead) x Total power / (Load x maximum num
0 dBi
0 dB For 12.2kbps speech service maximum number of users is round
2 dB
18.9691 dBm

17.42531 dBi
-174 dBm/Hz
5 dB
-169 dB
-103.1567 dBm
24.97971 dB
5 dB
3.0103 dB
-120.1261 dBm
2 dB
0 dB
3 dB
3 dB
2 dB
0.9
6 dB
7.5 dB
0 dB
149.0205 dB
0
10

ty on cell edge (P) 0.9 1-P(=Q) Argument

6 dB 0.5 0
-1
0.1 0.4 0.25 10
0.1 0.3 0.5
1.25 0.22 0.75
7.5 dB 0.17 1
0.1 1.25 -2
0.07 1.5 10
0.04 1.75
Q(x)

0.023 2
65 degrees 0.01 2.25
7.493795 dB -3
10
6

-4
10
 10

Q(x)
-3
10
7.781513 dBd
9.931513 dBi
17.42531 dBi
-4
10
Unit
2100 MHz
25 m
1.5 m -5
46.3 10
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
33.9
44.9 x
-0.000919
3.574349
137.3351 dB
1.800742 km
2.12287 km
1.800742 km
er / (Load x maximum number of users)

mber of users is round 65

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x