Simplified GSM Link Budget
Simplified GSM Link Budget
Simplified GSM Link Budget
Transmitter power
TX antenna gain
TX cable loss
TX Body loss
Combiner loss
Transmitter EIRP
Receiver characteristics
unit
W
dBm
dBi
dB
dB
dB
dBm
0
102
0
-2
0
100
dBi
dBm
dB
dB
dB
dB
RX antenna gain
RX sensitivity
RX Cable loss
RX Body loss
Diversity gain
Total receiver gain
System gain
Margins
Downlink
20
43.0103
17.42531
-4
0
-4
52.43561
152.4356 dB
Antenna Gain
Uplink
0.9
6
7.5
0
7.5
2
33.0103
0
0
-2
0
31.0103
unit
W
dBm
dBi
dB
dB
dB
dBm
17.42531
104
-4
0
3
120.4253
dBi
dBm
dB
dB
dB
dB
151.4356 dB
0.9
6
7.5
0
7.5
dB
dB
dB
dB
144.9356 dB
65
7.493795
6
7.781513
9.931513
17.42531
10
143.9356 dB
1800
25
1.5
46.3
33.9
44.9
-0.000919
3.574349
137.3351
1.631697
1.529898
1.529898
0.9
6 dB
0.1
0.1
1.25
7.5 dB
degrees
dB
dBd
dBi
dBi
Unit
MHz
m
m
dB
km
km
km
1-P(=Q) Argument
0.5
0
0.4
0.25
0.3
0.5
0.22
0.75
0.17
1
0.1
1.25
0.07
1.5
0.04
1.75
0.023
2
0.01
2.25
-1
10
-2
10
Q(x)
Transmitter characteristics
-3
10
-4
10
-5
10
0.5
1.5
2
x
2.5
3.5