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Definition - What Does Mean?: Line of Sight (Los)

Line of sight (LoS) communication requires a direct path between the transmitter and receiver without obstacles. Examples include FM radio, microwave, and satellite transmission. While long-distance wireless networks have limitations due to obstacles and the Earth's curvature, effects like diffraction and reflection can help transmissions get through. Analysis of line of sight is important for planning wireless network deployments to ensure clear paths between antennas for the best reception.

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Definition - What Does Mean?: Line of Sight (Los)

Line of sight (LoS) communication requires a direct path between the transmitter and receiver without obstacles. Examples include FM radio, microwave, and satellite transmission. While long-distance wireless networks have limitations due to obstacles and the Earth's curvature, effects like diffraction and reflection can help transmissions get through. Analysis of line of sight is important for planning wireless network deployments to ensure clear paths between antennas for the best reception.

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Definition - What does Line of Sight (LoS) mean?

Line of sight (LoS) is a type of propagation that can transmit and receive data only
where transmit and receive stations are in view of each other without any sort of an
obstacle between them. FM radio, microwave and satellite transmission are examples
of line-of-sight communication.

Techopedia explains Line of Sight (LoS)

Long-distance data communication is more effective through wireless networks but


geographical obstacles and the curvature of the earth bring limitations to line-of-sight
transmission. However, these issues can generally be mitigated through planning,
calculations and the use of additional technologies.

For example, mobile phones use a modified line-of-sight transmission, which is made
possible through a combination of effects like diffraction, multipath reflection, local
repeaters and rapid handoff.
Analysis of line of site is particularly important for planning wireless network
deployment. A clear line of site between two antennas is ideal for the best
reception. However, a radio signal can permeate and bend or bounce around
some obstruction, unlike line of sight for an eye

Free-space wave propagation implies that the effects caused by


disturbing objects and other obstacles that are located at sufficiently
long distances are assumed to be negligible

The Link Budget


The Link budget is the process of adding and subtracting gain and
losses of a radio-relay path, see Figure 23. The main output of link
budget calculations is the signal level at the receiver (dBm), the path
loss and the fade margin. In most applications, the same duplex radio
set-up is applied to both stations forming the radio-relay path. Thus, the
calculation of the received signal level is independent of direction.

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