Radio Coverage

In estimating your potential radio coverage, a good place to start is the basic link budget. Link budget is a measure of the difference between the transmitted Radio Frequency power and the sensitivity of the receiver. The Aurora Wireless Network operates on a link budget of up to about 160 dB (optional external high gain antennas, lowest data rate, maximum output power). This is comparable to cellular (LTE). By comparison, Bluetooth, is about 100 dB.

 

Actual range is dependent on many factors including, for example, antenna heights, propagation environment, and interference. You will likely find the following chart helpful.

Radio Coverage Antenna Height. Line Chart for Comparison of Coverage (Km^2) by Antenna Height (m) where increased height provides increased coverage.