P300H P300 Series Modem Installation and Operating Handbook Page 213
IDR FRAMING
IDR Service Features
The INTELSAT definition of IDR f raming is in IESS 308. Eutelsat have a similar syst em defined in EESS
203 "Intermediate Rate Digital Carriers (IDC), Earth Station Standard" which simply cross refers back to
the INTE LS AT IESS 308 standard for the Channel Unit Characteristics, and so the Modem equipment
required for these services is identical. From here on we will refer to IDR framing, but the text applies
equally to Eutelsats IDC framing.
Standard Features (specified in IDR definitions)
The addition of standard IDR framing increases the data rate by exactly 96kbps. IDR framing is added to
provide the following extra features compared to `closed network` li nks :
Two Audio ESC channels, encoded as 32kbps ADPCM. As IDR is intended to replace all FDM
links, these Audio ESCs replace the analog audio engineering service ci rcuits of the FDM service.
An 8kbps digital ESC circuit.
Four independent backward alarms, to signal to up to four sites receiving a multidestinational
carrier, that there is trouble with the link in the other direction.
Additional Features (Paradise products)
Where m an y IDR carriers exist between sites, the Audio ESC on the second and subsequent
carriers are not required (as the mandatory station to station ESC is met with the first carrier). The
P300 equipped with the IDR opti on (s tandard on P300-IDR and above) al lows 32 or 64kbps ac cess
to the bandwidth occupied by these audio channels on the Aux port. Allowing either one or both
of the ESC channels to be replaced with either rev enue bearing data, or possibly a PRBS for on-
line BER measurement (with either the internal or an external BERT).
A far more useful asynchronous interface to the synchronous 8kbps digital ESC circuit, allowing
for examp le M & C information t o b e co nveyed providing the possibility to provide distant end control
via the satellite channel.
The use of 16kbps ADPCM instead of 32kbps, allowing both audio ESC's to be compressed int o
32kbps not 64kbps. This allows either:
All normal IDR facilities in a 64kbps overhead
All normal IDR faci lities plus a 32kbps Aux channel in the normal 96kbps overhead (which
allows an in t e r nal or external PRBS test to run in parallel with the traffic to monitor the
service quality)
Reduced IDR facilities with 64kbps or 32kbps overhead.