TECHNICAL GUIDE
Mission Planner · MP-11

Link Impairment

Open link editing, configure latency/loss/other impairment controls, apply them, and read impairment state from the canvas/Selection Details.

NETWORK TESTING

Inject controlled network conditions

Link impairment applies deliberate latency, loss, or other supported network conditions to a selected Mission Planner link. It is intended for testing, validation, and fault-injection scenarios.

Open the link action, set only the impairment values required for the test, then confirm the active values in Selection Details or the link status.

PROCEDURE

Procedure

STEP 01

Link Context Menu Impairment

Open the selected link’s context menu and choose the impairment action for that link.

FIGURE 01Link Context Menu Impairment
STEP 02

Configure Link Impairment

Enter the latency, loss, or other supported impairment values required by the test, then apply the change.

FIGURE 02Configure Link Impairment
STEP 03

Link Impairment Status

After the change is applied, the link and Selection Details report the active impairment values so the test condition is visible to the operator.

FIGURE 03Link Impairment Status
RESULT

The outcome you should see

The link reports the configured impairment values and the connected node/link detail reflects the active test condition.