Selected Answers Problem Set 1: 4.1 Antenna Gain
Selected Answers Problem Set 1: 4.1 Antenna Gain
Problem set 1
Wireless Communications, 2nd Ed.
. (1)
(1)
The rest of the data needed to draw a link budget is given in the problem statement. The link
budget from the satellite to the ground station becomes:
20 dB
204 dB
60 dB
. (1)
The 90 m distance considered is way below the Rayleigh distance. We cannot expect Friis' law
to work well. Let's see …
* Note: Solutions provided here are less detailed than the ones expected during the exam. Many steps are excluded.
(2)
. (3)
If we assume that Friis' law is valid, the received power at the output power of the receiving
antenna becomes
. (4)
This result can obviously not be true, since it implies that an entirely passive system delivers
11.1 dB more power on its output than what is put into the system.
c) Using the formula for antenna gain for the parabolic antenna, we get an aperture (diameter)
(5)
which we can insert into the formula for the Rayleigh distance and get
. (6)
BS
10 m
ref MS 1.5 m
3m
dm
(2)
(3)
iii.
iv.
(4)
which, plotted between 5 m and 5 km, is shown below.
If distances are beyond about 100 m the “exposure” to electromagnetic waves from the MS is
higher than from the BS. At 5000 m the “exposure” from the MS is about 7 orders of
magnitude higher than from the BS.