链路预算（link budget），是在一个通信系统中对发送端、通信链路、传播环境（大气、同轴电缆、波导、光纤等）和接收端中所有增益和衰减的核算。其通常用来估算信号能成功从发射端传送到接收端之间的最远距离。

A link budget is accounting of all of the gains and losses from the transmitter, through the medium (free space, cable, waveguide, fiber, etc.) to the receiver in a telecommunication system. It accounts for the attenuation of the transmitted signal due to propagation, as well as the antenna gains, feedline and miscellaneous losses. Randomly varying channel gains such as fading are taken into account by adding some margin depending on the anticipated severity of its effects. The amount of margin required can be reduced by the use of mitigating techniques such as antenna diversity or frequency hopping.