UMTS Transmission Link Planning Tool for Excel™

(Initial release - January 9, 2015)

Mr. Alok K. Tiwari, of Idea Cellular Ltd., has graciously made this UMTS Transmission Link Planning workbook available. Says Mr. Tiwari, "I have formulated Link Budget calculation in Excel spreadsheet for WDCMA. The spreadsheet uses comprehensive detail of RF fundamentals and formulas to decide cell radius, numbers of cell sites, and different types of clutter. The spreadsheet has been designed to help new engineers to understand the WCDMA RF concept in more details." As with his Transmission Link Planning Tool, this spreadsheet provides a very large number of essential calculations for planning purposes based on user-provided parameters. Examples include receiver thermal noise density, noise figure, noise power, interference margin, processing gain, sensitivity, and path loss. Cell radius, range, and hexagonal cell area, and Edge reliability are also among the results. The page of formulas on the last page is a nice addition.

Please be sure to thank Mr. Alok Tiwari for his work on this spreadsheet and for making it available at no charge. He will appreciate your feedback with suggestions, comments, etc.

Link Budget Page

Hata Okumara Model Page

Adjacent Channel Interference Page 

UMTS Formulas Page

Thanks and with warm regards,

Network Planning

Idea Cellular Ltd

Delhi (INDIA)

alok.tiwari@idea.adityabirla.com

aktiwari@hotmail.com

Mobile # +91 9990009370

Posted January 11, 2015