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ssabir

Post subject: Recommended RF cable RG type for WiMAX

Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 12:52 am

Lieutenant

Joined: Tue May 13, 2008 12:44 am
Posts: 1
Location: Bangalore

Hi,

What is cable specification required for WiMAX Application? What type we need to select for ndoor and outdoor applications.

Thanks in advance.

SABIR

nubbage

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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:42 am

General

Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:07 pm
Posts: 304
Location: London UK

Hi ssabir
The question you raise is too general to give advice because there are many RG cables with low loss.
You need to do a loss budget for the system you plan to implement based on transmitter power, antenna gain, bandwidth, receiver sensitivity etc. From this, a maximum tolerable loss in the feeder cables can be estimated. Based then on the physical layout constraints of distance between electronic units and the radiating system, you can calculate the maximum tolerable loss per meter. From that you look up the data sheets to find the nearest match.
Hope that helps.

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