Link Budget
Link Budget Calculation PT Infokom Elektrindo
Wednesday 16 June 2021
Service Name CH11_Outbound_25Mhz
Coverage Indonesia
Uplink earth station Jakarta, Indonesia
Downlink earth station Jakarta, Indonesia
Satellite name Chinasat 11
Modcod DVBS2,normal frame,16-APSK (8/9),no pilots
Link Input Parameters Up Down Units
Site latitude 6.13S 6.13S degrees
Site longitude 106.75E 106.75E degrees
Site altitude 0.080 0.080 km
Frequency 12.5 14.2 GHz
Polarization Vertical Horizontal
Rain model Clear sky Clear sky
Rain zone or mm/h 0 0
Availability (average year) N/A N/A %
Antenna aperture 4.5 1.2 metres
Antenna efficiency or gain (+ or - prefix) 60 60 % or dBi
Coupling loss 0.5 0.2 dB
Antenna mispoint loss 0.5 0.1 dB
Other path losses 0.2 0.1 dB
LNB noise figure or temp (+ prefix) 0.8 dB or K
Antenna noise 48.17 K
C/ACI 30 dB
C/ASI 26.00 dB
C/CCI 35 dB
HPA C/IM 26 dB
C/ACI 24 dB
C/ASI 26.00 dB
C/CCI 30 dB
Uplink station HPA output back-off 1 dB
Uplink power control available 0 dB
Number of carriers / HPA 1
Required HPA power MIN W
Satellite Input Parameters Value Units
Satellite longitude 98.00E degrees
Transponder type LTWTA
G/T Reference 3 dB/K
SFD Reference -86 dBW/m2
Receive G/T 3 dB/K
Attenuator pad (gain step) 0 dB
Effective SFD -86.00 dBW/m2
Satellite ALC 0 dB
EIRP (saturation) 55 dBW
EIRP (beam peak) 55 dBW
Transponder bandwidth 36 MHz
Input back off total 6 dB
Output back off total 2.5 dB
C/IM 21.27 dB
Carriers per transponder AUTO
Carrier/Link Input Parameters Value Units
Modulation 16-PSK
Required Es/No 12.89 dB
Symbol rate 24.76 Mbaud
Information rate overhead 2 %
FEC code rate 0.8808
Spreading gain 0 dB
(1 + Roll off factor) 1.05
Carrier spacing factor 1.05
Bandwidth allocation step size 0.5 MHz
Implementation loss 0.5 dB
System margin 0.5 dB
Calculations at Saturation Value Units
Gain 1m^2 43.39 dB/m2
Uplink C/No 102.21 dB.Hz
Downlink C/No 98.46 dB.Hz
Total C/No 96.93 dB.Hz
Uplink EIRP for saturation 76.91 dBW
General Calculations Up Down Units
Elevation 77.45 77.45 degrees
True azimuth 304.75 304.75 degrees
Compass bearing 303.98 303.98 degrees
Path distance to satellite 35913.70 35913.70 km
XPD during rain 0.00 0.00 dB
Propagation time delay 0.119795 0.119795 seconds
Antenna efficiency 60.00 60.00 %
Antenna gain 53.19 42.82 dBi
Availability (average year) N/A N/A %
Link downtime (average year) N/A N/A hours
Availability (worst month) N/A N/A %
Link downtime (worst month) N/A N/A hours
Maximum possible availability N/A N/A %
Minimum possible antenna size 1.2000 metres
Carrier EIRP (beam peak) 50.46 dBW
Uplink Calculation Clear Rain Up Rain Dn Units
Transmit EIRP 68.87 68.87 68.87 dBW
Uplink power control used 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Transponder input back-off (total) 6.00 6.00 6.00 dB
Input back-off per carrier 8.04 8.04 8.04 dB
Antenna mispoint 0.50 0.50 0.50 dB
Free space loss 205.49 205.49 205.49 dB
Atmospheric absorption 0.11 0.11 0.11 dB
Tropospheric scintillation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Cloud attenuation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Rain attenuation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Total attenuation (gas-rain-cloud-scintillation) 0.11 0.11 0.11 dB
Other path losses 0.20 0.20 0.20 dB
C/No (thermal) 94.16 94.16 94.16 dB.Hz
C/N (thermal) 20.22 20.22 20.22 dB
C/ACI 30.00 30.00 30.00 dB
C/ASI 26.00 26.00 26.00 dB
C/CCI 35.00 35.00 35.00 dB
C/IM 26.00 26.00 26.00 dB
C/(N+I) [ = Es/(No+Io) ] 18.00 18.00 18.00 dB
Eb/(No+Io) 12.53 12.53 12.53 dB
Downlink Calculation Clear Rain Up Rain Dn Units
Satellite EIRP total 55.00 55.00 55.00 dBW
Transponder output back-off (total) 2.50 2.50 2.50 dB
Output back-off per carrier 4.54 4.54 4.54 dB
Satellite EIRP per carrier 50.46 50.46 50.46 dBW
Antenna mispoint 0.10 0.10 0.10 dB
Free space loss 206.60 206.60 206.60 dB
Atmospheric absorption 0.15 0.15 0.15 dB
Tropospheric scintillation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Cloud attenuation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Rain attenuation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Total attenuation (gas-rain-cloud-scintillation) 0.15 0.15 0.15 dB
Other path losses 0.10 0.10 0.10 dB
Noise increase due to precipitation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Downlink degradation (DND) 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Total system noise 120.29 120.29 120.28 K
Figure of merit (G/T) 21.82 21.82 21.82 dB/K
C/No (thermal) 93.92 93.92 93.92 dB.Hz
C/N (thermal) 19.98 19.98 19.98 dB
C/ACI 24.00 24.00 24.00 dB
C/ASI 26.00 26.00 26.00 dB
C/CCI 30.00 30.00 30.00 dB
C/IM 21.27 21.27 21.27 dB
C/(N+I) [ = Es/(No+Io) ] 16.02 16.02 16.02 dB
Eb/(No+Io) 10.55 10.55 10.55 dB
Totals per Carrier (End-to-End) Clear Rain Up Rain Dn Units
C/No (thermal) 91.03 91.03 91.03 dB.Hz
C/N (thermal) 17.09 17.09 17.09 dB
C/ACI 23.03 23.03 23.03 dB
C/ASI 22.99 22.99 22.99 dB
C/CCI 28.81 28.81 28.81 dB
C/IM 20.01 20.01 20.01 dB
C/I (total) 16.72 16.72 16.72 dB
C/(No+Io) 87.83 87.83 87.83 dB.Hz
C/(N+I) [ = Es/(No+Io) ] 13.89 13.89 13.89 dB
Eb/(No+Io) 8.42 8.42 8.42 dB
Implementation loss 0.50 0.50 0.50 dB
System margin 0.50 0.50 0.50 dB
Net Es/(No+Io) 12.89 12.89 12.89 dB
Required Es/(No+Io) 12.89 12.89 12.89 dB
Excess margin 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
EIRP Density Calculations Clear Rain Up Rain Dn Units
Flange transmit (up) -58.26 -58.26 -58.26 dBW/Hz
Satellite (down) -23.48 -23.48 -23.48 dBW/Hz
Satellite beam peak (down) -23.48 -23.48 -23.48 dBW/Hz
Flange receive (down) -187.51 -187.51 -187.51 dBW/Hz
Earth Station Power Requirements Value Units
EIRP per carrier 68.87 dBW
Available uplink power control 0.00 dB
Total EIRP required 68.87 dBW
Antenna gain 53.19 dBi
Antenna feed flange power per carrier 15.68 dBW
HPA output back off 1.00 dB
Waveguide loss 0.5 dB
Number of HPA carriers 1
Total HPA power required 17.1778 dBW
Required HPA power 52.2137 W
Space Segment Utilization Value Units
Overall availability N/A %
Information rate 85.5240 Mbps
Information rate (inc overhead) 87.2344 Mbps
Transmit rate 99.0400 Mbps
Symbol rate 24.7600 Mbaud
Noise Bandwidth 73.94 dB.Hz
Occupied bandwidth 25.9980 MHz
Minimum allocated bandwidth required 25.9980 MHz
Allocated transponder bandwidth 26.0000 MHz
Link efficiency 3.355 bps/Hz
Percentage transponder bandwidth used 72.22 %
Used transponder power 50.46 dBW
Percentage transponder power used 62.46 %
Max carriers / transponder 1.38
Limited by: Bandwidth
Power equivalent bandwidth usage 22.4867 MHz
