Actual Overhead Rate Calculation - Comtech EF Data Radyne DMD1050 Installation And Operation Manual

DMD1050 Satellite Modem Board

3.17.4 Actual Overhead Rate Calculation

The following is the actual calculation the modem does to calculate the overhead ratio:
1. The modem calculates the minimum in-band rate to limit the size of the user data slots to
2,500 bits (the result is truncated to an integer).
Minimum In-Band = (User Data Rate * Control Ratio)/((Control Ratio + 1) * 250)
2. Using the bigger of Minimum In-Band or the selected In-Band, the modem calculates the
number of bits for each user data slot (result is truncated to an integer).
Slot Bits = (User Data Rate * (Control Ratio * 10))/(In-band Rate * (Control Ratio + 1))
Note: Slot bits of 0 are invalid.
The actual ratio the modem uses is:
Actual Ratio = (Slot Bits + 10)/Slot Bits
Example 1:
User Data Rate: 1,024,000 bps
In-Band Rate: 19,200 bps
Control Ratio: 1 to 7
Minimum In-Band = (1,024,000 * 7)/((7 + 1) * 250) = 3,584
Slot Bits = (1,024,000 * (7 * 10))/(19,200 * (7 + 1)) = 466
Actual Ratio = (466 + 10)/466 = 1.021
Example 2:
User Data Rate: 6,312,000 bps
In-Band Rate: 19,200 bps
Control Ratio: 1 to 7
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