Radio Transmission - Power/Strengh of the signal (In general) The strengh (power) of a signal is the amplitude of the waveform (in Watt). (e.g. GSM 2 watts, 802.11 30 milliwatts) The power of a signal decrease in its medium (attenuation (variable following medium and the frequency of the signal)), The amount of power added or decreased is expressed in decibels (dB) (e.g. a connector can decrease the amount of power), Noise is also there and the signal is subject to that. The metric is the SNR (signal to noise ratio).