# 1.2.5 Wanted signal: dRSS

The **victim’s wanted signal strength** also called **desired Received Signal Strength** (dRSS), corresponding to the carrier level (C), is calculated as a simple link budget between the victim link receiver (VLR) and the victim link transmitter (VLT) as described in [ANNEX 4](https://ecowiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SH/pages/494657/A4+dRSS+calculation#A4dRSScalculation-A4 "https://ecowiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SH/pages/494657/A4+dRSS+calculation#A4dRSScalculation-A4"):.