Link Budget Calculation report

Link Budget Calculation report overview

The Link Budget Calculation report provides the details on radio link deviations, based on the Install/Design and Actual RSL values per MPT/UBT basis, for selected time range and granularity. The report lists the number of deviations and details on the links for Actual vs Design and Actual vs Install dB values.

The default display is a set of tables for 1+0 and 1+1, 2+0 and 2+2, and N+0 and N+N radio links providing details including Site A, Site B, Radio Link Name, Link Distance (km/mile), Site ID, Port, Design RSL (dBm), Installed RSL (dBm), Actual RSL (dBm), and Number of deviations for the selected inputs.

Click on the number of deviations on the selected radio link to drill down to the Link Budget Calculation details report. The default display is a time-series chart with Actual vs Design and Actual vs Install dB values. The values are plotted on the time slots in the time range and presented in a table with details like Date, Time, Actual vs Design RSL deviation, and Actual vs Installed RSL deviation.

Note: The coordinates are displayed as parameters on the General tab of the Node Properties form.

Limitations

Minimum and maximum throughput aggregation cannot be compared with the minimum and maximum throughput values generated from raw granularity.

Prerequisites

The following tasks need to be performed using NSP Classic management for a Link Budget Calculation Report to be created:

Note: For reports with more than 1000 pages, use the multipage display option to shorten loading times. Large reports can take from thirty seconds to several minutes to load, depending on the number of entries.

Use case

Use the Link Budget Calculation report to identify the deviations with respect to Design vs Install vs Actual RSL on a per MPT/UBT level on the radio link.

Report characteristics

The following table lists the principal report characteristics.

Table 15-16: Link Budget Calculation report characteristics

Characteristic

Value

Data type

Statistics

NE types supported

Wavence MSS-1, Wavence MSS-4, Wavence MSS-8, Wavence MSS-E, Wavence MSS-HE, Wavence MSS-XE, Wavence UBT-SA, Wavence UBT-I, Wavence UBT-T XP, 9500 MPR-A Chassis 4, 9500 MPR-A Chassis 8, 9500 MPR-E Chassis 1, 9500 MPR-E Chassis 4, 9500 MPR-E Chassis 8

Report inputs

Prompt

Notes

Start date

End date

Calendar date or relative date (for example, two days ago) and time

Actual vs Design threshold (dB)

Accepts values greater than 0.1

Actual vs Install threshold (dB)

Number of Deviations

Accepts integer values

Granularity

15 Minutes and 24 Hours

Distance Unit

Select the unit for the path distance to display on the report.

Unit types:

  • Kilometer

  • Mile

Logo Resource ID

The logo to add to the report. Enter the Resource ID of the logo image in the Images folder. The default is the Nokia logo. To create the report without a logo, leave the Logo Resource ID field blank.

Logo Position

Choose Left, Middle, or Right. The logo appears on the left on the first page of the report if you choose Left or Middle.

Show report output on one page

Select the check box to enable pagination.

Note: Using the Show report output on one page option when creating reports as drill-downs may impact report rendering time. Nokia recommends disabling the Show report output on one page option when creating reports.

Apply

Applies all the parameters and prepares the report based on the parameters entered

Reset

Resets all the parameters to default value

Drill-down support

Yes—Link Budget Calculation Details can only be launched from the main report. Click on the Link Name to launch the Radio Link Inventory report.

Examples

The following figures show report examples.

Figure 15-20: Link Budget Calculation report
Link Budget Calculation report
Figure 15-21: Link Budget Calculation report, continued.
Link Budget Calculation report, continued.
Figure 15-22: Link Budget Calculation Details report
Link Budget Calculation Details report