Appendix for Section 2 - Purdue University

Loss 0.10 dB AML = 0.5; Polarization Loss 0.10 dB PL = 0; %[dB] Polarization Loss, PL=cos(theta_f)^2, not a problem for freqs >=10GHz Received Isotropic Signal Power Pr -1.41E+02 dB Pr = EIRP + Gr - FSL - RFL - AA - AML - PL; Thermal Noise Ts 15.00 dB Ts = 10*log10(T_deg); % Thermal noise from Roddy k (Boltzman's Const) -228.60 dB k = -228.60; %[dBJpK] Boltzmann's constant k = 1.38x10^-23 J/K ... ................
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