SINA INSTITUE OF NETWORKS & AESTHETICS

MICROWAVE & LINK PLANNING

SUBMITED BY: SALMAN AHMED

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Establishing a Microwave link between two sites

Microwave communication is developed on the basis of the electromagnetic field theory. Microwave is a kind of electromagnetic wave. In a broad sense, the microwave frequency range is from 300 MHz to 300 GHz. But In microwave communication, the frequency range is generally from 3 GHz to 30 GHz. According to the characteristics of microwave propagation, microwave can be considered as plane wave. In plane wave, the electric field and magnetic field components are perpendicular to the propagation direction. Therefore, it is called transverse electromagnetic wave and TEM wave for short.

Microwave Equipment Category

Analog microwave (Not presently used ) Digital microwave

1. PDH 2. SDH Trunk Microwave Equipment RF, IF, signal processing, and MUX/DEMUX units are all indoor. Only the antenna system is outdoor High cost, large transmission capacity, more stable performance, applicable to long haul and trunk transmission

All Outdoor Microwave Equipment All the units are outdoor Split-Mount Microwave Equipment The RF unit is an outdoor unit (ODU). The IF, signal processing, and MUX/DEMUX units are integrated in the indoor unit (IDU). The ODU and IDU are connected through an IF cable.

The ODU can either be directly mounted onto the antenna or connected to the antenna through a short soft waveguide

Types of Digital Microwave Stations Digital microwave stations are classified into Pivotal stations, add/drop relay stations, relay stations and terminal stations.

Protection Modes of Digital Microwave Equipment: With one hybrid coupler added between two ODUs and the antenna, the 1+1 HSB can be realized in the configuration of one antenna. Moreover, the FD technology can also be adopted.

The 1+1 HSB can also be realized in the configuration of two antennas. In this case, the FD and SD technologies can both be adopted, which improves the system availability.

Survey Report:
I-8/4 Sina Institute F-8 Markaz Mobilink Survey Date: 25 Jan 2012 Site Name: I-8/4 Sina Institute Equipment Mobel: SynchCOM DRS SS-IP Surveyor Name: Aamir Zaka

Room Layout:

ANTENNA (OUTDOOR UNIT)

ANTENNA(OUTDOOR UNIT)

MICROWAVE INDOOR UNIT BATTARY BANK RECTIFIER

ELECTRIC SOCKET

Site Survey Requirement

Building Shelter
New Cabinet Existing Cabinet Shelter required

Shelter available

Equipment Room
New Equipment Room Existing Equipment Room Replace/Remove Existing one

Cabinet required Cabinet available

Ventilation of proposed Equipment

Natural Air Air Conditioned

Other

Tower
New Tower required Existing Tower

Type of Tower
Self support Guy wired

Monopole

Type of Mounting
Green mount Roof mount Others

Other Antenna available on Tower

Yes No

Tower Height: 3 Meters IF cable length 2x12M

Power Supply Facilities

A.C. commercial power

Rated voltages 220 Volt Rated frequency 60 Hertz

Generator Back up Available

Yes

No

Rectifier: Yes No

New Battery bank installed

Battery Storage
Existing Battery bank available

Coordinates:
Latitude (N) 33.667383 Longitudes (E) 73.077731 Elevation 1923 feet ASL Degree 65