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What is a fade margin?

  • A.The margin by which the antenna gain exceeds the design requirement
  • B.The tolerance permitted on the alignment of the antennas at each end
  • C.Extra received signal above the threshold to absorb propagation fades
  • D.The difference between the transmitter power and the receiver sensitivity

Answer: C

Fade margin is the number of decibels by which the received signal in clear conditions exceeds the level at which the link fails, and it is chosen so that fades exceed it only for the permitted outage time. It is not simply the difference between transmitter and receiver specifications, which ignores the path. Antenna gain and alignment enter the budget separately. A margin sized from the statistics of the impairment, rather than chosen arbitrarily, is what turns a prediction into a service level.

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