Paradyne DMD15L operation manual 10-6 10-7 10-8

Technical Specifications DMD15/DMD15L/DMD15/DMD15LL/DMD15/DMD15LIBS/IDR Satellite Modem

10-3	4.8 dB		5.2 dB	6.0 dB	4.3 dB	4.7 dB	5.5 dB
10-4	5.2 dB		5.7 dB	6.4 dB	4.7 dB	5.2 dB	5.9 dB
10-5	5.6 dB		6.1 dB	6.9 dB	5.1 dB	5.6 dB	6.4 dB
10-6	5.9 dB		6.5 dB	7.4 dB	5.4 dB	6.1 dB	6.9 dB
10-7	6.3 dB		7.0 dB	7.9 dB	5.8 dB	6.5 dB	7.4 dB
10-8	6.7 dB		7.4 dB	8.4 dB	6.2 dB	6.9 dB	7.9 dB
Concatenated Reed-Solomon Performance (BER Specifications)
	Guaranteed Performance
BER vs.	Rate 1/2 FEC		Rate 3/4 FEC
Eb/No
10-6	4.1		5.6
10-7	4.2		5.8
10-8	4.4		6.0
10-10	5.0		6.3
16 QAM BER Performance (Viterbi Decoder)
BER		Specification				Typical
	1/2 Rate		3/4 Rate	7/8 Rate	1/2 Rate	3/4 Rate	7/8 Rate
10-3	n/a		8.9 dB	10.3 dB	n/a	8.1 dB	9.5 dB
10-4	n/a		9.8 dB	11.1 dB	n/a	9.0 dB	10.3 dB
10-5	n/a		10.7 dB	11.9 dB	n/a	9.9 dB	11.1 dB
10-6	n/a		11.5 dB	12.7 dB	n/a	10.7 dB	11.9 dB
10-7	n/a		12.4 dB	13.5 dB	n/a	11.6 dB	12.7 dB
10-8	n/a		13.3 dB	14.3 dB	n/a	12.5 dB	13.5 dB

16 QAM BER Performance (Viterbi Decoder w/ Reed-Solomon)

BER		Specification			Typical
	1/2	3/4	7/8	1/2	3/4	7/8
10-3	n/a	8.4 dB	9.8 dB	n/a	7.8 dB	9.3 dB
10-4	n/a	8.6 dB	10.1 dB	n/a	8.1 dB	9.6 dB
10-5	n/a	8.9 dB	10.3 dB	n/a	8.3 dB	9.9 dB

7-6 TM051 – Rev. 5.8