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VSWR Calculation 1

VSWR is used to detect issues with antennas by measuring reflected power. A VSWR of 1.5 represents a return loss of 14dB and 4% power loss due to impedance mismatch. The higher the VSWR value, the more power is reflected and the lower the return loss. A VSWR of 2 equals a 9.5dB return loss and 11% power loss.

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VSWR Calculation 1

VSWR is used to detect issues with antennas by measuring reflected power. A VSWR of 1.5 represents a return loss of 14dB and 4% power loss due to impedance mismatch. The higher the VSWR value, the more power is reflected and the lower the return loss. A VSWR of 2 equals a 9.5dB return loss and 11% power loss.

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vswr calculation

Voltage Standing Wave Ratio VSWR detection requires a TX signal. A branch with no TX signal cannot be supervised by VSWR detection.

The ASC supervises the antenna by detecting the VSWR on branch A and branch B when they are used for TX. The threshold setting is irrelevant for a branch that is not used for TX, and supervision will always be switched off. The TMA does not have any antenna supervision.
The FUs 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1900 MHz, 1700/1800 MHz and 1700/2100 MHz supervise the antenna by detecting the VSWR on branch A only (when there is no ASC). It is recommended to set the value to 10 in the Site EquipmentWizard. When using ASC on any branch, it is also recommended that the antenna supervision threshold is set to 10.

AntennaSupervisionThreshold
When antenna supervision is done by FU/RU, the antennaSupervisionThreshold =49 is equal to a VSWR=1.5 VSWR=1.5 is a guiding value where just a small degradation can be seen, VSWR=1.5 is equal to 14dB Return Loss, which means that 4% of the transmitted power is reflected due to mismatch. VSWR=1.5 means that about 0.2dB of the output power is lost because of RF impedance mismatch.

How does VSWR=1.5 means 4% power loss and 14db return loss ?

VSWR Calculation

Vfwd is the Voltage in forward direction Vref is the Voltage reflected back from the antenna

If vswr = 1.5
When VSWR=(Vfwd + Vref)/(Vfwd - Vref) = 1.5

Vfwd + Vref = 1.5 (Vfwd Vref) Vfwd = 5 Vref Since Power = V2 / R(resistance), so Pfwd = 25 Pref,
10 x Log1025 = 14 dB.

To convert this to power loss due to reflection in dB,

Since the Pfwd 1/25 = 4 %

= 25 Pref , the loss of power is

If vswr = 2
When VSWR=(Vfwd + Vref)/(Vfwd - Vref) = 2

Vfwd + Vref = 2 (Vfwd Vref) Vfwd = 3 Vref


Since Power = V2 / R(resistance), so Pfwd = 9 Pref, to convert this to power loss due to reflection in Db, 10 x Log109 = 9.5 dB. Since the Pfwd 1/9 = 11 % Conclusion So the higher the vswr value, the more power is being reflected, the lower the return loss is in db (this is value we see in fui get vswr command).

= 9 Pref , the loss of power is

vswr conversion table

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