Short wireless link with all losses visible
Rf Link Budget
Calculates wireless link budget using transmit power, antenna gains, distance, frequency, obstacle losses, and receive sensitivity. The template computes free-space path loss, total path loss, received signal level, and link margin.
7 fields
2 archetypes
with-tool
4 scored fields
contract fields
Parameter Map
7 inputs to 4 scored outputs
transmit_power_dbm
floatTransmit power
-20 to 40dBmtransmit_antenna_gain_dbi
floatTransmit antenna gain
-5 to 30dBidistance_m
floatLink distance
1 to 50000mfrequency_ghz
floatCarrier frequency
0.4 to 80GHzreceive_antenna_gain_dbi
floatReceive antenna gain
-5 to 30dBiobstacle_losses_db
floathidden in hardAdditional obstacle and miscellaneous losses
0 to 60dBrequired_receive_sensitivity_dbm
floatRequired receive sensitivity
-120 to -40dBm
Free-space path loss
Total path loss including obstacles
Received signal level
Margin above required receive sensitivity
visibility contract
Difficulty Ladder
Short or long wireless link
Obstacle loss hidden in path context
scenario bands
Archetype Atlas
short_wifi_link
2 contextsShort Wi-Fi or telemetry link
station-platform / campus-wireless
long_field_link
2 contextsLonger directional field wireless link
roadside-radio / remote-pump-station
rendered task
Generation Preview
roadside-radio-long-field-link-preview
- difficulty
- hard
- visibility
- partial
- archetype
- long_field_link
- site context
- roadside-radio
visible fields
- transmit_power_dbm15 to 35 dBm
- transmit_antenna_gain_dbi8 to 25 dBi
- distance_m500 to 50000 m
- frequency_ghz0.9 to 24 GHz
- receive_antenna_gain_dbi8 to 25 dBi
- required_receive_sensitivity_dbm-105 to -70 dBm
withheld schema
Longer directional field wireless link. roadside-radio. Required outputs: free_space_path_loss_db, total_path_loss_db, received_signal_level_dbm, link_margin_db