Which of the following statements about link budget parameters is incorrect?

A link budget is an accounting of all the power gains and losses that a communication signal experiences in a telecommunication system 8. A link budget can be used to determine the received signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), which is a measure of the quality of the signal at the receiver. The SINR demodulation threshold is the minimum SINR required to demodulate the signal successfully. The SINR demodulation threshold depends on the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) used by the transmitter, which in turn depends on the service rate or data rate required by the application 9. Generally, the higher the service rate, the higher the MCS level, and therefore the higher the SINR demodulation threshold. Thus, statement A is incorrect. The other statements are correct. The interference margin is relatively small on high frequency bands because there are fewer co-channel interferers due to smaller cell sizes 10. The shadow fading margin is related to the edge coverage rate because it accounts for the variation of signal strength due to obstacles in the propagation path 11. The antenna gain of the 64T64R AAU is approximately 24 dBi according to Huawei’s product specifications 12.