Performance With Noise, Viterbi Decoder, And Oqpsk; Table C-14. Viterbi Decoder And Oqpsk - Comtech EF Data SDM-300A Installation And Operation Manual

SDM-300A Satellite Modem
C.4.8

Performance with Noise, Viterbi Decoder, and OQPSK

Refer to Table C-14.
Table C-14 lists the Viterbi and OQPSK specifications for the E
achieve 10
Rev. 4
-3 to 10 -8 BER for different configurations.

Table C-14. Viterbi Decoder and OQPSK

E b /N 0 (dB) Specification
BER 1/2 Rate
-3
10 4.1
-4
10 4.9
-5
10 5.6
-6
10 6.3
-7
10 6.9
-8
10 7.5
/N
b
3/4 Rate 7/8 Rate
5.2 6.4
6.0 7.2
6.7 7.9
7.5 8.6
8.2 9.2
8.8 9.9
Specifications
required to
0
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