Fade margin

Fade margin

In telecommunication, the term fade margin (fading margin) has the following meanings:

*A design allowance that provides for sufficient system gain or sensitivity to accommodate expected fading, for the purpose of ensuring that the required quality of service is maintained.

*The amount by which a received signal level may be reduced without causing system performance to fall below a specified threshold value.

ee also

* Multipath
* Link Budget

Source: From Federal Standard 1037C


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