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88 Network Design and Engineering Guide 2010-10-26
Outdoor Unit and Satellite Link Design
SkyWAN
®
Link Budget Calculation Tool
3.5.3 Stations Worksheet
Figure 3-14 Link Budget Tool - Station Worksheet
The station worksheet allows the storage of up to 23 network data.
Use pre-defined Network Data
To use pre-defined network data for the actual link budget calculation select the appropiate
name by the pull-down menu ’Select Calculation here’. The data of the selected network are
then displayed in the ’Active Calculation’ box (blue background).
Specify Network Data
Step (1) Specify each network by a ’Calculation Name’: Goto lower section ’Stored Calcu-
lations’ and enter network identifier heading field with grey background in column
B.
Step (2) For each individual network 3 network parameters have to be defined using the
pull-down menu at the top of each Stored Calculations box. Please define these pa-
rameters before inserting the individual station data.
- A): Selected transponder for Uplink Area 1 (ULA1). For MRB-DUB and NFB-DUB
modes additional transponders may be specified.
- B): Frequency band: C-Band or Ku-Band.
- C): Reference burst mode: MRB, MRB-DUB or NFB-DUB.
A) B) C) Calculation Name)