User's Guide Part 1

Chapter 2
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UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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Chapter 2 Planning considerations
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This chapter provides information to help the user to plan a PTP 600 link.
Each frequency variant has specific licensing restrictions that affect frequency range,
channel bandwidth, maximum power and radar avoidance. Link planning must take
account of obstructions, site selection, path loss and wind loading.
The following topics are described in this chapter:
• Spectrum planning on
page 2-2
• Licenses and region codes on
page 2-3
• Radar avoidance and bandwidth operation on pa
ge 2-4
• Variable channel bandwidth operation on pa
ge 2-5
• Site planning on
page 2-6
• Link planning on page 2-9
• Path loss considerations on
page 2-10
• Planning synchronized networks on
page 2-12
• System threshold, output power and link loss on
page 2-17
• Lightning protection on
page 2-18
To calculate the data throughput capacity of a planned PTP 600 link, see Data rate
cal
culations on page 4-99.