 HERALD
P-P Radio Link Design Software
HERALD is a PC program for Windows that
assists the radio engineer in the design
of
point-to-point (multi-hop) microwave links and networks.
(start using fully functional HERALD Professional release in 5
minutes)
HERALD Professional is an easy-to-use yet powerful tool which offers:
Site/Hop
Configuration; Link Budget; Path Profile Analysis (clearance,
reflections);
Multipath Outage; Rain
Unavailability; Interference analysis; Passive repeaters.
One-click access to Background
Theory
Recent
Upgrades:
 Interface to SRTM (NASA) terrain maps, as well as to ASTER
(NASA/METI, Japan) maps
Interface to Google Earth
to import / export network topology
Update to the most recent ITU-R
Recs (P.530, P.838, P.527 ...)
Comparison of predicted performance
with ITU-R or North America performance
objectives
Reading Antenna diagrams from NSMA
(ASCII) files
Irregular terrain Model (ITM,
Longley-Rice) for reliability prediction of radio links below about 3
GHz
Crane rain attenuation model
(in addition to ITU-R model)
HERALD habla tambien Espanol
Choice of output
document language (English, Spanish, or Italian).
HERALD key
features:
Easy-to-use approach to the design of p-p mw links and
networks
Customized equipment / antenna libraries
Google Earth interface to import radio
site positions and to export radio network topology to Google maps
Reliable design guidelines and propagation models (ITU-R,
Bell Labs, Crane, ITM Longley-Rice)
Path profiles from NASA/SRTM or ASTER maps (free download, 1 or 3arcsecond raster resolution)
ITU-R and North America standards for performance objectives
Highly productive, interactive, user-friendly environment
Examples and exercises quickly available and fully explained
High quality, comprehensive design documentation, printouts
and diagrams
Extensive context-sensitive Help, one-click access to
background theory
Download HERALD Professional
(start using
fully functional HERALD Professional release in 5 minutes)
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