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RF Design -
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Gathering Requirements
Capacity Requirements Coverage Requirements
- Spectrum - GSM900 or GSM1800
- GOS (Grade Of Service) - Area Requiring coverage
- Erlang / Subscriber - Coverage Area Probability i.e.
- Projected Subscribers 80%, 90%.
- Coverage Type i.e. in-building,
Tools Required in-car, etc.
- RF Dimensioner or RF - Coverage level i.e. in-building
Planning tools i.e. Asset -75dBm, etc.
- Terrain / Clutter Database
High Level RF Design Process
Procure Terrain Setup database in Propagation Tool
and Clutter database
Service Level
Assumptions If customer doesn’t provide ?
RF write-up
Fade Margin
Fast Fading Signal Drive
Test
+ =
σ ,
dB
Link - Budget
Fade Margin Calculation
Shadow Fade Margin depends on:
Link - Budget
- The desired coverage probability
- TheFade Margin
standard Calculation
deviation σ of the log-
normal
fading
Cell edge Cell area M argin for
probability probability σ=
9 dB
50 % 77 % 0.0 dB
75 % 91 % 6.1 dB
86 % 95 % 9.7 dB
90 % 97 % 11.5 dB
95 % 99 % 14.8 dB
Link - Budget
Fade Margin Calculation
Essential to balance the uplink and downlink path
In-Building Power Budget In-Building Power Budget