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LoRaWAN Range Calculator | LoRa Range Calculator and formula

This page mentions LoRaWAN Range Calculator which calculates LoRa range (i.e. distance) as per Egli model. It calculates Link Budget and LoRaWAN range between gateway and LoRa node.

LoRaWAN Range Calculator

Gateway Antenna Gain (e.g. 0 dB ) (input1) :

Node Antenna Gain (e.g. 0 dB) (input2) :
Gateway Antenna height (e.g. 100 m) (input3) :

Node Antenna height (e.g. 10 m) (input4) :
Noise Margin (e.g. 5 dB) (input5) :
Operating frequency (e.g. 868 MHz ) (input6) :
Gateway transmit power (e.g. 27 dBm ) (input7) :
Node Receiver sensitivity (e.g. -137 dBm ) (input8) :


Link Budget (Output#1):
distance between gateway and Node, meters (Output#2):

EXAMPLE: LoRaWAN range calculator and LoRaWAN link Budget calculation :
INPUTS : Gateway antenna gain = 0, Node antenna gain = 0, Gateway height = 100 meters , Node height = 10 , Noise margin = 5, Operating Frequency = 868 MHz , Gateway transmit power = 27 dBm, Node Receiver sensitivity = -137 dBm
OUTPUTS: Link Budget = 159 , LoRaWAN range (i.e. distance) from gateway to Node = 64087 meters

LoRaWAN Range formula as per Egli Pathloss model

Following Egli pathloss model based LoRaWAN Range formula is used to calculate distance coverage of LoRa Gateway to cover multiple LoRa nodes.

Egli Path Loss Formula for LoRaWAN

The range or distance calculation for other LPWAN technologies such as NB-Fi, Sigfox and Ingenu RPMA can also be done in the similar way as mentioned in this LoRaWAN range calculator. Rural region will have higher range than city areas.

Typical parameters for NB-Fi range calculator for downlink (Gateway to node) are as follows.
• Gateway power : 27 dBm
• Gateway antenna gain : 0 dB
• Node sensitivity : -147 dBm (Range : -124 dBm to -164 dBm)
• Node Antenna gain : 0 dB
• Node noise: 5 dB
• Frequency : 500 MHz or 868/915 MHz

Typical parameters for sigfox range calculator for downlink (Gateway to node) are as follows.
• Gateway power : 27 dBm
• Gateway antenna gain : 0 dB
• Node sensitivity : -129 dBm (Range : -124 dBm to -164 dBm)
• Node Antenna gain : 0 dB
• Node noise: 5 dB
• Frequency : 868/915 MHz

Typical parameters for Ingenu RPMA range calculator for downlink (Gateway to node) are as follows.
• Gateway power : 27 dBm
• Gateway antenna gain : 0 dB
• Node sensitivity : -133 dBm (Range : -124 dBm to -164 dBm)
• Node Antenna gain : 8 dB
• Node noise: 5 dB
• Frequency : 2.4 GHz



RF Link Budget Calculator

Refer RF Budget Calculator >> with image and equations mentioned below.

rf link budget
rf link budget equation

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