Comtech EF Data CDD-880 Installation And Operation Manual page 7

CDD-880 Multi Receiver Router
Table of Contents
7.2.2.1 Start of Packet ................................................................................................................... 7-4
7.2.2.2 Target Address .................................................................................................................. 7-5
7.2.2.3 Address Delimiter .............................................................................................................. 7-5
7.2.2.4 Instruction Code ................................................................................................................ 7-5
7.2.2.5 Instruction Code Qualifier ................................................................................................. 7-5
7.2.2.5.1 Controller-to-Target Instruction Code Qualifiers ....................................................... 7-5
7.2.2.5.2 Target-to-Controller Instruction Code Qualifiers ....................................................... 7-6
7.2.2.6 Optional Message Arguments ........................................................................................... 7-7
7.2.2.7 End of Packet .................................................................................................................... 7-7
7.3 Remote Commands and Queries ......................................................................................... 7-8
APPENDIX A. REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION .............................................................. A-1
A.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................... A-1
A.2 FEC (Forward Error Correction) Options .............................................................................. A-2
A.3 VersaFEC ACM (Adaptive Coding and Modulation) Operation ............................................. A-3
A.4 BPM (Bridge Point-to-Multipoint) Operation ...................................................................... A-4
A.5 ECM (Entry Channel Mode) Operation ................................................................................ A-5
A.6 dMesh (VMS Dynamic Mesh) Connectivity .......................................................................... A-6
A.7 DPC (VMS Dynamic Power Control) Operation .................................................................... A-7
APPENDIX B. FEC (FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION) OPTIONS ................................ B-1
B.1 FEC Overview ...................................................................................................................... B-1
B.2 VersaFEC (Short-block LDPC) ................................................................................................ B-1
B.3 CDD-880 Error Performance Characteristics ......................................................................... B-3
APPENDIX C. BPM (BRIDGE POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT) OPERATION ............................. C-1
C.1 BPM (Bridge Point-to-Multipoint) Overview ........................................................................ C-1
C.1.1 BPM Terminology ..................................................................................................................... C-2
C.2 Supported Network Configurations ..................................................................................... C-3
C.2.1 Flat Network ............................................................................................................................. C-3
C.2.2 Flat Network with Routers ........................................................................................................ C-3
C.2.3 VLAN Trunking .......................................................................................................................... C-4
C.3 Packet Processing ............................................................................................................... C-4
C.3.1 Traffic Network / Ethernet Switch Behavior ............................................................................. C-4
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